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Ditch Memory

Ditch Memory: New and Selected Poems

Known for both narrative and lyrical impulses, Davis asks readers to acknowledge their kinship with all living beings, which demands some grieving for past sins but also suggests a way toward restoration.

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An Exodus of Sparks

An Exodus of Sparks

This collection of lyrical poetry explores the violent evolution of identity, family, faith, and geography in the rural Southwest. It is composed of elegies; a fallible history; and most of all, a love letter to the family, culture, and geography that shaped the poet and her work.
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