Written during pregnancy, The Lens is an attempt to be "about" both the intense emotional and bodily experience and a re-evaluation of the author's Reagan-era childhood and anxiety. In this wonderfully sticky lyric, the pastoral acts as both trap and balm for past and future.
The Lens
Publication Date: October 15, 2014
Publisher: LRL textile series
Pages: 30
Format: Chapbook
Author: Lauren Levin