Description
I, Menagerie
by Garrett Ray Harriman
$16.99, paper
978-1-64662-476-8
2021
A debut collection of free and formal verse—as well as dozens of wild animals (Bigfoot included)—I, Menagerie captures and parades those most elusive of beasts: family, memory, and the preservation of self.
Garrett Ray Harriman is a writer and poet living in southwest Colorado. His work has appeared in Atlas Poetica, Kestrel, Toasted Cheese, and Naugatuck River Review. Please follow him on Twitter (@Inadversent) or visit InadversentPoetry.com.
-Donna J. Long, Editor-in-Chief, Kestrel: A Journal of Literature and Art –
“In wide-ranging poetic form, Harriman’s I, Menagerie engages human relationships—from traumatic recollections of a father’s limitations and sardonic treatment of a mother’s largesse to childhood foibles and ironic accident—through the eyes and hides of wildlife. At his best, Harriman expresses our desire for love even knowing its dangers: “wondering / with impatience /when my heart might be spooled // through detached, expert grips, / inflicted numinous wounds / that bind and unbind me, / catch and release me . . .” (“Thoughts on Two Fish”).”