The Gone Thing Romance_Gift_Guide or what a spell’s unusual

or what a spell’s unusual history might be

There are lies

Built on principles of freedom

and-when in the grips of the mental illness that plagued her-a masterful liar

Meet Bluey

The Gone Thing Romance_Gift_Guide or what a spell’s unusualMonica McClure's second poetry collection excavates inheritanceshistorical, cultural, familial, and economicas it alternates between magnified and microscopic views of American life. Born in rural Texas in 1986, the oldest of seven children, and once described by Craig Teicher of NPR as "the poster girl for a new generation of poets," McClure revises the nuances of class, race, and clashing identities in a polyvocal style that flows out of her