Another Message You Miss the Point Of

Winner of the Second Annual Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award as chosen by Dick Allen, Another Message You Miss the Point Of by Donelle Ruwe begins with the personal. There are examples of a young woman's struggle with the difference between her body and the ideal body of popular culture. Genetics, family dynamics, and careers are explored with an unflinching eye which never fails to see beauty in the every day, even the absurd. These poems defy by being physical and direct while touching the human heart, but are unforgivingly unsentimental.

"Something is almost always something else in these poems, as their meanings turn slowly beneath speech in tactile, shadowed ways. I keep returning to them, each time finding some other nuance, some previously hidden realization to admire in this fine poet's work."
      —Dick Allen, Final Judge

A sample poem from this title is available here.

Another Message You Miss the Point Of, by Donelle Ruwe

Chapbook, poetry.
Foreword by Dick Allen.
Chosen by Dick Allen as winner of the Second Annual Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award.
22 pages, 14 poems.
Saddle stitch binding.
Four-color cover, acid-free paper throughout.
ISBN 0-9727455-5-6

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