Latitude

Natasha Rao

• Title

  Latitude

• Date 2021
• ISBN 9780986093838
• Publisher Philidelphia, PA: The American Poetry Review
• Description 72 p; 9 in
• Language English
• Collections Permanent Collection
• Summary

  Chosen as the winner of the 2021 APR/Honickman First Book Prize by Guggenheim Fellow Ada Limón, Natasha Rao’s debut collection Latitude abounds with sensory delights, rich in colors, flavors, and sounds. These poems explore the complexities of family, cultural identity, and coming of age. By turns vulnerable and bold, Latitude indulges in desire: “In my next life let me be a tomato/lusting and unafraid,” Rao writes, “…knowing I’ll end up in an eager mouth" (Copper Canyon Press). 

• Tags American poetry -- 21st century