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Moth Wing Tea

Authored by Dennis Cruz

Introduction by Ryan Elliot Wilson

Cover Artwork designed by GROCE

Cover Layout design by Geoff Melville

Edited by A. Razor

List Price: $18.95

6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm) Black & White on Cream paper 326 pages

Punk Hostage Press ISBN-13: 978-0985129392 ISBN-10: 0985129395 BISAC: Poetry / Native American

“How do we translate the unspeakable language of grief? In the short, harrowing lines of MOTH WING TEA, Dennis Cruz gives us his answer. This is the poetics of survival: no adornment, no romanticizing; only the simple, methodical imagery of a poet saying out loud. The juxtaposition of fresh paint, chrome, and a suffering body. The world as explained by one who knows there is more to this life than simply getting up for work. The unvarnished descriptions of violence. The voice of Dennis Cruz weaves together a patchwork of tragedies into a manifesto for poets in the 21st century. As the poet says: "the fear was never/meant/to dissuade you,/but only/to heighten/your senses." Read this book, and get to work.” 

-Rich Villar, Executive Director, Acentos