“I read this collection shortly after the sudden death of one of my best friends. I picked it up, even though I didn’t feel any spark for art. I started reading in the bath. Then I was on the bathroom floor, water cold, a little shocked to return to myself in human form, holding a book.”
Enjoy this audio recording of Brianna Flavin’s review of Animal Afterlife by Jaya Stenquist from Vol. 34:3 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Brianna Flavin is a poet from Saint Paul, MN. She’s a Loft Mentor Series fellow, a Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop volunteer, and a Ramsey County Master Gardener.
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