What We Ask Of Flesh

by Remica L. Bingham

Overview

"What We Ask of Flesh, like the flesh itself, is full of honey and fire. It's impossible not to feel called by these poems, summoned by their rich sound and vatic voice."—Amy Gerstler

Blending biblical characters into a deeply personal history, What We Ask of Flesh tells of women through time, their spirits borne through broken flesh, through wombs and memories. The body becomes instrument as words explore the mystical connection between what was and is.

Women are burdened with consequence

hard-bought footprints
leading from each father's house

Remica Bingham currently teaches at Norfolk State University.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780983934622
Publisher:	Etruscan Press
Publication date:	02/19/2013
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Remica L. Bingham, a native of Phoenix Arizona,is an alumna of Old Dominion University, Bennington College, and is a Cave Canem fellow. Her first book, Conversion (Lotus Press, 2007), won the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award and was shortlisted for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. She resides with her husband and children in Norfolk, VA, where she currently serves as the Writing Competency Coordinator at Norfolk State University. For more information on her work and upcoming events please visit www.remicalbingham.com.

Table of Contents

I

The Body Speaks 5

II

Things I Carried Coming Into the World 25

Maieusiophobia 27

What We Ask of Flesh 28

Nicole, Age Seven 39

Kuperberg, South Side Street Photo 41

III

All the Wild Swarm 45

Something Divine Let Go 47

House of the Ten Plagues 50

Will and Testament 60

How I Crossed Over 62

Notes 67

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"[What We Ask of Flesh] is a tour de force and a story where nothing—no regret or rationalization can stanch the reality of what can happen to us, made of flesh. This is a surging book…"
— Grace Cavalieri, The Washington Independent Review of Books

Editorial Reviews

"[What We Ask of Flesh] is a tour de force and a story where nothing—no regret or rationalization can stanch the reality of what can happen to us, made of flesh. This is a surging book…"
— Grace Cavalieri, The Washington Independent Review of Books

From the Publisher