Bianca's Picks
Before beginning with Phoenix Books Rutland, Bianca dusted the not-so-distant shelves of Griswold Library at Green Mountain College, and is now working in the college's sustainability office as the Community Service & Outreach Coordinator. When Bianca isn't rousing students to action or teaching writing, she can be found learning new recipes and experimenting in the kitchen, or reading up on new UN Resolutions. She's used spices in her poetry before, too, and loves books that surprise her like cayenne in mac n' cheese.
Corn-Pone 'Pinions is a thoughtful collection of self-aware poems and essays with the added splendor of current political cartoons. Mook acknowledges his white privilege with an artful analogy in the essay, "Born on Third Base," and his poem, "Castleton University War Memorial," sheds its shadow on the grim reality of future conflicts. It's an intense and greatly fulfilling exploration of our modern society.