A collection of poems that confront an emotional reckoning with the complexities of domestic life.

Approximate Body reflects upon the dramas of domestic life with equal parts cynicism, nostalgia, and grief. Richly narrative, fragmented, and featuring a variety of landscapes suburban, tropical, and ancient, these poems affirm an intricate mix of guilt and longing, proclaiming that "if I've loved / anything it has not been / enough."


Author: Danielle Pieratti
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Carnegie-Mellon University Press
Published: 02/21/2023
Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9780887486883

About the Author
Danielle Pieratti is the author of Fugitives, winner of the 2017 Connecticut Book Award for poetry. Her poems have appeared in Boston Review, Mid-American Review, Sixth Finch, Cream City Review, and elsewhere. She is also the translator of Transparencies, a volume of poems by Italian poet Maria Borio. She lives and teaches in Connecticut.