Overview
Where I've Laid My Head is the debut poetry collection by Charles McCaskill. It is the story of finding peace and belonging in a disparate group of friends, family, flora, and fauna in Florida. Glimpses of a life spent creating art around finding and losing love, defining and recreating self. It touches on themes of grief and faith then transitions to motifs of Black joy and perseverance, polyamory and wanderlust. The poetry included in this book flows through intimacy and sanctuary in various forms and invites the reader to do the same. To simply lay back and feel.
Full Product Details
Author: Charles McCaskill
Publisher: Indie Earth Publishing
Imprint: Indie Earth Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 0.90cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.163kg
ISBN: 9798989093939
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 08 December 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"PRAISE FOR WHERE I'VE LAID MY HEAD ""Reading his poetry has always made me feel more connected to Florida-a beautiful and haunted land-but also to the art form itself. He is the rarest of poets who speaks to social issues and keeps the poetry front-and-center. Following in the footsteps of Sterling Brown and Kenneth Patchen, McCaskill creates his own path by walking a trail towards poetic greatness.""- C. Scott Satterwhite, Author of A Punkhouse in the Deep South and Li Poems. ""Where I've Laid My Head is the benediction of the church service where you never knew you could attend. Where you are invited to come as you are and asked to leave the light on for the next person as you exit. It is best read while next to the hearth made deep in the forest, listening to the babbling of water and drinking rum."" - Marissa McCaskill ""McCaskill's work explores love, identity, and profound loss set in the backdrop of the nation's oldest city and across the Florida wilds. Regardless of your environment, if you've ever been 23 and wished a night could last a lifetime or found yourself in a new place that felt uncannily familiar, you will find yourself in these pages. If you haven't, consider this a manual.""- Gena Killion ""You ever wanted to feel all the emotions at once? Read this book. I smiled, I laughed, then cried. Now, it's your turn.""- Brian Stisser ""Charles has a way of embodying emotion in his poetry. He communicates from his soul. Charles can put into words the things that I can only feel, and his words will take you on a journey of emotion if you let them.""- Hannah Stisser"
