Altar by Desree
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Spring 2025 Doris Kareva the language of Gilgamesh

the language of Gilgamesh

the poems explore the instability of the lyric ‘I’ and the addressed ‘You’

Define Hope is a reflection of the extremes of emotion we each face – the exhausting and unpredictable shifts of anger

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The Butterfly House

Altar by Desree<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Spring 2025</b> Doris Kareva the language of GilgameshThe debut poetry collection from award winning writer and spoken word artist, Desree, Altar explores multifaceted dimensions of sacrifice, challenging its heroism and examining its ties to servility. The poems in Altar urge their protagonists to play neither lion nor lamb, but to live and flourish on their own terms. Each page glimmers with vivid, often devastating vignettes: we witness the resilience of youth, the strength of the Black female body,