Inheritance Of Aging Self - by Lucinda Marshall (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Lucinda Marshall's debut poetry collection, <em>Inheritance Of Aging Self, </em> explores our inherited understanding and experience of illness, death, grief, and sense of place.</p><p><br></p><p>In poems that she began to write during the final years of her parents' lives, Lucinda Marshall's debut poetry collection, <em>Inheritance Of Aging Self, </em>is an exploration of aging, illness, and death, as we witness them in the lives of our elders and loved ones, of grieving and ultimately the impact this heritage has on our sense of identity and place as we in turn age.</p><p><br></p><p>The title poem of the collection was included in the Maryland State Arts Council's "Identity" exhibit in 2021 and "Winter Beach" was the first-place winner in Montgomery Magazine's 2019 "Montgomery Writes" contest. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>In this "landscape steeped in loss," <strong>Lucinda Marshall</strong> beautifully reminds us to cleave to our memories: scent memories, rearranged and fractured memories, body memories that get absorbed back into the universe. These poems are infused with wisdom to help guide us through the legacy of our own non-being, instructing us to observe the "autumnal dancers" "a brittle reminder of/ shy green finery/ cautiously unfurled/ in spring's early sun-warmth, / hurtling now with grim finality/ into a soggy mosaic/ of brief decoration/ on soon frozen ground."</p><p><strong> -Nancy Naomi Carlson</strong>, Author of <em>An Infusion of Violets</em>, Associate Editor, Tupelo Press</p><p><br></p><p>From the very beginning of her collection-the title, <em>Inheritance Of Aging Self</em>-Marshall's approach is satisfyingly clear and direct. Marshall writes about losing people she's loved, as well as her own mortality, with an insight born of contemplation and wisdom. There is a refreshing frankness to her reflections on illness, aging, memory and death-in "End of Life Directive," for example, she defies us to rethink our simplistic conceptions of the line between life and death: "one ought not/to presume dichotomies/because edges are ill-defined." The work is personal, yet universal, resonating long after one turns the last page.</p><p><strong> -Tara Campbell</strong>, Author of <em>Political AF, Midnight at the Organporium, Circe's Bicycle</em>, and </p><p> <em>TreeVolution</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Lucinda Marshall</strong>'s <em>Inheritance Of Aging Self </em>engages poetry's time-honored themes about time passing, but with bright defiant narrations that refresh language and activate the imagination. This poet is always watching, noting each moment in human existence, indenting everything with her inimitable fingerprint. Whether in the garden of Eden where "survival was never promised," or practicing yoga, she speaks of "perpetually rearranged memories..." and then she manifests them. This creative experience would be nothing without lyricism, prosody, and deep feelings. Marshall gives all of this, and much more, with her memorable new collection.</p><p><strong> -Grace Cavalieri</strong>, Maryland Poet Laureate</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><br>
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