Altar by Desree
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Spring 2025 Doris Kareva Written for young and old

Written for young and old alike

They have a Legitimate Snack forthcoming with Broken Sleep Books

the language of Gilgamesh

and AE (pronounced —-)

Altar by Desree<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Spring 2025</b> Doris Kareva Written for young and oldThe debut poetry collection from award winning writer and spoken word artist, Desree, Altar explores multifaceted dimensions of sacrifice, challenging its heroism and examining its ties to servility. The poems in Altar urge their protagonists to play neither lion nor lamb, but to live and flourish on their own terms. Each page glimmers with vivid, often devastating vignettes: we witness the resilience of youth, the strength of the Black female body,