Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Carey Salerno
how exactly to ignite, to speak in sign, what the flashing draws down, damp, out, and what it / means to be a newborn body made of burnt-back embers, drifting over the sidewalk
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Carey Salerno is the executive director and executive editor of Alice James Books. She is the author of Shelter (2009) and Tributary (2021). Her poems, essays, and articles about her work as a publisher can be found in places like American Poetry Review, NPR, Poets & Writers, among others. She occasionally serves as a lecturer in poetry and publishing arts for the University of Maine at Farmington and is a frequent guest at residencies, and MFA and nontraditional writing programs across the country. In 2021, she received the Golden Colophon Award for Independent Paradigm Publishing from CLMP for the leadership and contributions of Alice James Books. careysalerno.com
