(MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa, 2016-06-16) Hall, Megan
The View Looking East and Rear Windows recounts the narrative of a life lived in
the South. With appearances from Eurydice, Bathsheba and Mr. Clean, the collection
intertwines recognizable figures and personal, emotional truths. These poems look to the
past, encouraging us to question how much of ourselves is defined both by what we do
and what has been done to us. The resulting concept: the half-lives, pieces that we leave
behind and the half-truths we compel ourselves to believe.