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luanne castle her poems challenge our senses they don t let go they re unsettling magical relentless unforgettable robert okaji author of buddha s not talking luanne castle her poems challenge our senses they don t let go they re unsettling magical relentless unforgettable robert okaji author of buddha s not talking menu skip to content what s new about contact blog books our wolves rooted and winged kin types doll god consulting readings and interviews publications poetry flash fiction and nonfiction short stories and essays art events 2026 27 bookstore luanne castle s new hybrid flash memoir scrap salvaging a family elj editions 2026 has earned a starred kirkus review and is a finalist for the next generation indie book awards the book is now available to purchase on amazon and elj editions scrap salvaging a family explores the stain of childhood fear and anxiety on the adult spirit and the experience of reconciling with an aging or dying parent a daughter has grown up in a household with an angry and abusive father he keeps the secret of his own biological father s identity from his daughter for decades can this family be salvaged purchase on amazon purchase on elj editions praise for scrap salvaging a family a powerful painful family saga that slowly gives way to hard won understanding a richly detailed harrowing account of household mayhem and the struggle to forgive kirkus reviews starred review spare precise and quietly devastating this is the kind of memoir that stays in the body long after the reading is done the book revue this lyrical beautifully imagistic work is both an exploration of the long roots of generational trauma and identity erasure and a vivid look back at growing up female in mid century america kathryn kulpa author of a map of lost places castle is a deft miniaturist each story etched with a fine blade yet a delicate touch scrap is a collection of constellations of the ordinary robert vaughan editor in chief of bending genres author of askew told in brief strikingly vivid fragments and through various perspectives and forms the book as a whole presents a deeply moving and unforgettable account we readers are privileged to bear witness to this emotional excavation one that ultimately reminds us that love is powerful even when it s painful and that forgiveness is the only way forward kathy fish author of wild life collected works a memoir in flash scrap focuses on three discrete parts of castle s life in relation to her parents especially her father scrap is a multivalent word around whose every meaning and nuance castle fashions poignant and sometimes horrifying flash prose and poetry to reveal her family in all its human pain mystery and love wilma j kahn your impossible voice rooted and winged reflected in the lake below the stars watch their lives their light glints off the snake s prismatic varied scales and the bullfrogs yellow throats along the weedy shore bluegills snap up larvae in slivers of illusory light stars and snakes and frogs and fish infants and mothers forever young and healthy here survive their lives from waterland in rooted and winged luanne castle calls herself unknown but solid a teller of tiny limitless tales enacting the progression from concrete detail to concrete memory to the kind of numinous memory that can be combustible when the last star falls to the others it darkens like the hush in a theatre a twinkling or two from silence there is no arrogance in this book but there is power diane seuss pulitzer prize winning author of frank sonnets four legged girl and still life with two dead peacocks and a girl kin types because a face never reflects the same every photo sees something else you re your father under the red star and your mother s grandmother in the morning sun now the gauzy mask of your mother s face floats across her your features another light source and hour another shift of the hologram that is you from when your grandfather shows you photographs of his mother in kin types herein we find all the heart and heartbreak of ordinary lives from the past finally valuated properly given their own set of lines and stanzas their own sentences and paragraphs the attention and care of a gifted and sympathetic writer it exists at the precise place where literature and history intersect to make something both beautiful and true justin hamm author of american ephemeral our wolves poet luanne castle navigates the timeless story of little red riding hood in a compelling collection of sharp memorable poetry our wolves will haunt you long after you ve returned from its woods christine butterworth mcdermott author of the spellbook of fruit flowers doll god every day the world subtracts from itself luanne castle observes her wonderfully titled collection doll god with its rich and varied mix of poems part memoir part myth and tale shimmers as it swims as poetry is meant to upstream against the loss stuart dybek macarthur fellow and author of streets in their own ink discover luanne castle poetry flash fiction short stories art follow luanne x linkedin instagram links scrap salvaging a family on amazon rooted and winged on amazon doll god on amazon kin types on amazon writer site luanne s blog the family kalamazoo luanne s family history blog proudly powered by wordpress theme misty lake by wordpress com