Blond Boy
About this ebook
that is brutally honest while being ‘bathed in the light’ of
forgiveness . . . with a glance, a gesture, an image that glows
vividly on the page.” —Linda Back McKay, author of The Next
Best Thing and Out of the Shadows: Stories of Adoption and Reunion
“ . . . the tragic and amazing story of her father’s survival in Nazi-
occupied Poland . . . comes wonderfully alive in all its
mesmerizing detail. These memories will dance in our minds for
a long time.” —Mary Logue, author of Hand Work and Trees
“Miss May escaped the quicksand of her father’s cruelty through
art, music and literature. She writes exquisite poetry that shines
light in the darkness.” —Robert O. Fisch, author of Light from the
Yellow Star: A Lesson of Love from the Holocaust and The Sky Is Not the
Limit
“ . . . we see how the lucky and the unlucky in this single family
lose or find their strength . . .This collection is blunt in its truth
telling, and ambitious in its range. I won’t forget these poems.”
—Deborah Keenan, author of From Tiger to Prayer and so she had the
world
Lucia Piaskowiak May writes without any sentimentality
whatsoever about her father's life in World War II Poland and
about the shadow he cast over her own life. She compresses
enormous emotion into tense spare lines to create poetry that is
fierce and true. —Keith Maillard, author of The Clarinet Polka
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About the author
Lucia May is a violinist, poet and long-time arts advocate who
lives in St. Paul, MN. Her poems have appeared or are
forthcoming in Main Channel Voices, Evening Street Review, Hot Metal
Press, Paper Darts, the Prose-Poem, Pemmican, Talking Stick, Tall Grass, Burnt Bridge, Little Red Tree International Poetry Prize Anthology: 2010, The Widows’ Handbook: Poetic Reflections on Grief and Survival, The Mom Egg, and The Awakenings Review. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2013 by Verse Wisconsin. She was offered the Starting Gate Award by Finishing Line Press. She was a 2013 Finalist for
the Helen Kay Chapbook Poetry Prize from Evening Street Press.
Website: www.luciamaypoet.com
