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Housekeeping
Tepid blow cools the liquid to hunch and wind. A box
arrives and loaded spills order across the Jloor. Living room,
dining room, room of tinder and kindling. The joints grind
to aspirin under the whitest application. At night I place oil
over all the door hooks to make for swifter leaving.
Kerosene opening , I saw it coming and took Jlight.
Ashley Toliveris the author of the chapbookIdeal Machine. Her work has been supported by fellowships from Oregon Literary Arts, Cave Canem, and the Academy of American Poets. She received her MFA from Brown University in 2013.
Ashley Toliver is the author of the chapbookIdeal Machine<./i>. Her work has been supported by fellowships from Oregon Literary Arts, Cave Canem, and the Academy of American Poets. She received her MFA from Brown University in 2013.• Early access copies
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Finalist for the Believer Book Award in Poetry

“Testing the bounds of relationships and identity, Toliver displays her linguistic gifts in poems that resist egotism and startle with their intimacy.” —Publishers Weekly,starred review

A powerful first book . . . a worthwhile collection.”—Massachusetts Review

“This book embodies the tenderness with which we can, inside and above our own vulnerabilities and flaws, choose to observe our inevitable corporeal selves.”—Tarpulin Sky

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