A Barer Sky

A Barer Sky is the first volume of a compelling collection by Serena Solin. This work of contemporary US poetry blends diverse forms, including plays, essays, anagrams, and poems, to explore the nature of writing within a violent and lush textual world. Categorized as art and poetry, the text draws from a wide array of influences ranging from the Puritans and Transcendentalism to modern cultural touchstones.

Solin utilizes postmodern poetry and ecopoetics to examine themes of infant loss, collective grief, and the fissures of the human soul. Through the use of erasure poetry and hybrid text, A Barer Sky navigates the space between absence and presence. This volume of poetry offers a luminous elegy that moves through various perspectives, from the etymological to the world-historical, creating a coherent analysis of loss and strength.