About True Stories by Caroliena Cabada
Inspired by various disasters, the poems of True Stories whirl together climate change, isolation, and interpersonal dysfunction into a gathering storm of a book. Split into five parts—the four stages of hurricane formation and the eye of the storm—the poems build in intensity, only to then provide precious moments of calm relief. Poems about unbridgeable distances are side-by-side with poems about deep friendships and romantic relationships. Shattered free verse poems that move across the page are interspersed with orderly sonnets and other forms. Guiding the reader through a maelstrom before leaving them becalmed, the book artfully reproduces the feeling of living in chaotic times.
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Author Bio:
Caroliena Cabada writes fiction and poetry. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing and Environment at Iowa State University, where she was the 2018-2019 Pearl Hogrefe Fellow in Creative Writing. Now at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she is earning her PhD in English with specializations in Creative Writing and Ethnic Studies. When not reading, writing, or teaching, she likes baking vegan cupcakes and playing Stardew Valley.