Staring Dementia in the Face by Lylanne Musselman

$15.99

 

The world in these poems is constricted by the demands of tending to a mother in cognitive decline, who talks to her daughter in “a circular spin,” a welter of tears, accusations, and delusions.  Musselman writes clearly about the strain of juggling intense caretaking and daily life. Certainly, there is grief for all that is being lost and for the pain in this family’s past. As the poet’s voice carries readers through the shocking and wistful moments in her mother’s end-of-life struggles, fear is balanced by gentle humor—providing essential and humane relief. Those who have cared for a loved one with dementia will, by turns, shudder or nod at the emotional accuracy of this collection. It’s a book to be read with your heart.

–Jayne Marek, author of In and Out of Rough Water and The Tree Surgeon Dreams of Bowling

 

 

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Staring Dementia in the Face

by Lylanne Musselman

$15.99, paper

979-8-88838-259-2

2023

Lylanne Musselman is an award-winning poet, playwright, and visual artist. Her work has appeared in Pank, The New Verse News, Rose Quartz Magazine, Last Stanza Poetry Journal and The Ekphrastic Review, among others. Recently, one of her poems was selected as the featured poem in Tipton Poetry Journal, Issue # 48 Spring 2021. Musselman’s work has appeared in many anthologies, including The Indianapolis Anthology (Belt Publishing, 2021). She is the author of six chapbooks, including Weathering Under the Cat (Finishing Line Press, 2017), and Paparazzi for the Birds (Red Mare 16, 2018), and is also the author of the full-length poetry collection, It’s Not Love, Unfortunately (Chatter House Press, 2018). Musselman is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, and her poems are included in the Inverse Poetry Archive, a collection of Hoosier poets, housed at the Indiana State Library. She teaches writing of all stripes at Ivy Tech Community College.

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