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    612-822-4611

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Bloodmercy

Bloodmercy

Jones, I. S.
Sealey, Nicole

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $19.00

ISBN13: 9798987585238
Publisher: American Poetry Review
Published: Sep 9 2025
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.67 Depth: 8.74
Language: English

Selected by Nicole Sealey as the winner of the 2025 APR/Honickman First Book Prize, Bloodmercy is a must-read debut that reimagines the tale of Cain and Abel as sisters.

Violence is a failure of communication opens this book as an omen and foregrounds a family exiled from Eden. In I.S. Jones's stunning and evocative debut collection, Cain and Abel are reimagined as sisters whose care for each other becomes increasingly fraught-the siblings vicious as they vie for the attention of a negligent father. Parallel to this, their bodies budding within and against the still-forming landscape, the girls navigate the shame of Eve's sin while coming into their own sexuality.

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