REVIEW: THE ALPINIST SEARCHES LONELY PLACES – KYLE VAUGHN (BELLE POINT PRESS)
Kyle Vaughn opens us to how desire and hunger can be both holy and unholy. – Michael Imossan
Kyle Vaughn opens us to how desire and hunger can be both holy and unholy. – Michael Imossan
Matthew Guenette navigates through past and present tragedies in a way that envisages the future. – Michael Imossan
From those we love, to those we’ve loved in mirrors, we are left to sift through and decide between thoughts, facades, and realities. This is our path to survival, to strength, to moving on regardless of those who’ve hurt us.
When language and bodies and heritage and history don’t make sense, it’s not easy to find yourself within the world. When the words your family speak turn to those once spoken. When your parents silence your voice, and all you want to do is remember the sound of theirs.
It’s the push-and-pull of one language and culture erasing the other; it’s the beauty and decay of both. It’s the changes that feel like too much change. The Sea that Beckoned is the tightrope walk between being ourselves and the self we may yet become.