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Book SynopsisMyth, the much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre, weaves between worlds (real' and imaginary') unearthing the unsettling: our jaded and joyful relationships to land, ancestry, trauma, self, and future. In three movements and two interludes, the poems in Myth move symphonically from tropical islands to barren cities, from lucid dreams to the mysteries of reality, from the sea to the cosmos. A dynamic mix of speculative poetry and ecstatic lyricism, the otherworldly and the sublime, Pierre's poems never stray too long or too far from the spell of unspoiled nature: The palm trees nod / at the ocean / the ocean does / what it always does / trusts the moon completely.Friends with benefits' tour the wonders of Grenada's landscapes; extraterrestrials visit the Caribbean and the locals don't seem phased; red birds saunter airily like tourists, La Diablesse lures helpless suitors to their dooms. This collection asks: How can myths manifest themselves in ou
