Cradleland of Parasites is a horror poetry collection by Sara Tantlinger.
Bram Stoker Award-winner Sara Tantlinger delivers her CRADLELAND OF PARASITES, a harrowing and darkly gorgeous collection of poetry chronicling the death and devastation of one of history's greatest horrors: The Black Plague.
I have fallen upon a few plague novels over the course of the
pandemic. It's very surreal to read about plagues, pandemics, the
history of harsh and fatal diseases while living through a pandemic. It
definitely heightens the works that I have been reading lately!
The
poems in Cradleland of Parasites center around The Black Plague. Wow,
these poems were dark and brutal and beautiful. Some of my favorites
were Second Pandemic, Moral Decay, Death Knell, and An Advanced Society.
Cradleland
of Parasites was my first poetry collection by Sara Tantlinger. I read
and loved her novella To Be Devoured which definitely had a poetic
quality to it. I look forward to checking out more from her in the
future!
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3.5/5 starsReview copy provided by author
That sounds creeptastic.
ReplyDeleteIt definitely was!
DeleteWow, poems about the Black Plague, I can see how they might be weird and unusual!
ReplyDeleteYes! Is it weird and unusual that I enjoyed it? :)
DeleteI just finished this one recently as well! The parallels between the past and what we have going on currently is terrifying. So many of these poems were like a gut-punch.
ReplyDeleteYes, oh my goodness.
DeleteFascinating, plague poetry during a time of covid. I confess I'm a total neanderthal when it comes to poetry.
ReplyDeleteLynn :D
It definitely adds an extra layer to it!
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