ex traction 104 Acevedo exposes the violence of

Acevedo exposes the violence of a patriarchal world that seeks to control women’s bodies

and of the self

But Enough

Earnest and darkly funny

Robert Lynn clearly feels everything

ex traction 104 Acevedo exposes the violence ofLara Coley delivers her debut poetry collection with a hunger that gnaws at the line between lust and love. Its sexy, honest, and does not shy away from what makes us human: a yearning to love and be loved. Using a dichotomy of imagery in which sharp meets soft, or sweet is replaced with salt, ex traction explores how we sometimes mistake a red flag for a target, and run like hell at the man thats ready with a saber to put into our back. How,