The Temporary Quitab Editions It is striking how self-aware

It is striking how self-aware she is and what lessons she’s had to learn in order to inhabit this world as both a woman and a woman of color

this is poetry that cuts to the bone and reaches the ether

and Carolyn Forche

—John Guzlowski

how we sometimes suffer because of that estrangement

The Temporary Quitab Editions It is striking how self-awareClines The Temporary, though a chapbook, has scope. It packs a lot in a small space, which, in a sense, is the definition of poetry: a lot in a little or saying a lot in a few words. The subject matter is as broad as the Self, love, loss, time, and memory how love and loss shape Self through time and memory. Passion is the fire in which the Self is shaped, and burnt to ash. Memory is either lost or dim and, since transient, is, in fact temporary. The