I Can't Breathe

Art makes life's events presentable and almost bearable. Nancy Dillingham's I Can't Breathe holds that reality in Fate's recognition, plus the promise that living breathes and cries for space and breadth. I Can't Breathe is a triumph for justice and Love. -Shelby Stephenson, poet laureate, North Carolina, 2015-2018, author of Slavery and Freedom on Paul's HillIt surprisingly helps and comforts to have my recurring ominous low-hum of morning dread captured in your poetry]. -Bruce Craven, author of Buena Suerte in Red GlitterIt's as if you described my every weekday morning for the last few months. Thank you for your profound sensitivity. -Allen Mendenhall, editor, Southern Literary ReviewThanks for making a space for grief during this time. -Kathy Nelson, 2019 winner, James Dickey Poetry Prize