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Cynthia Cruz

Cynthia Cruz is the author of Hotel Oblivion, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry in 2022. She’s also published seven other collections of poems, including, most recently, Back to the Woods; two books of essays; and the 2023 novel Steady Diet of Nothing. Born in Germany, Cruz grew up in Northern California. She coedits the multidisciplinary online journal Schlag Magazine.

1969 red chevrolet camaro, low front end grill, poem, cynthia cruz

Poetry: ‘Self-Portrait in Parked Red Camaro, Modesto, California’

A car, powdered milk, a man with a cane, and Saint Paul emerge in this poem on the verge of clarity.

Dec 21, 2023