Why we'd hand it over
A memoir-in-verse hybrid that refuses to sentimentalize displacement; Behar's own story of leaving Cuba and breaking her leg gives it unsentimental weight, and the poem structure mirrors fragmentation without feeling gimmicky.
A memoir-in-verse hybrid that refuses to sentimentalize displacement; Behar's own story of leaving Cuba and breaking her leg gives it unsentimental weight, and the poem structure mirrors fragmentation without feeling gimmicky.