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Set against a backdrop of shifting weather and a blasted, mysterious
landscape, Cactus Gardens explores the complexity and intensity of
personal relationships. The narrator drifts through a variety of
locales, from a hospital ward to a lakefront hotel, a downtown condo,
and restaurant patios, depicting friendships that are as meaningful and
volatile as romantic entanglements.
The final section deals with the fallout of a disastrous relationship
the author had with a much older, established writer. After publishing
an essay about their relationship, Lau was filed with a lawsuit and
subjected to intense media scrutiny, resulting in years of self-doubt
and a complete retreat from prose writing. After feeling muzzled for
years, she returned to poetry and found solace in the idea of the
strength that arises from trauma. She was finally able to re-examine and
write about the complicated relationship, excavating its tangle of
memories and emotions. Those poems now form the final section of this
book, The Salton Sea.
Cactus Gardens is Evelyn Lau's ninth collection of poetry.
Set against a backdrop of shifting weather and a blasted, mysterious
landscape, Cactus Gardens explores the complexity and intensity of
personal relationships. The narrator drifts through a variety of
locales, from a hospital ward to a lakefront hotel, a downtown condo,
and restaurant patios, depicting friendships that are as meaningful and
volatile as romantic entanglements.
The final section deals with the fallout of a disastrous relationship
the author had with a much older, established writer. After publishing
an essay about their relationship, Lau was filed with a lawsuit and
subjected to intense media scrutiny, resulting in years of self-doubt
and a complete retreat from prose writing. After feeling muzzled for
years, she returned to poetry and found solace in the idea of the
strength that arises from trauma. She was finally able to re-examine and
write about the complicated relationship, excavating its tangle of
memories and emotions. Those poems now form the final section of this
book, The Salton Sea.
Cactus Gardens is Evelyn Lau's ninth collection of poetry.
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