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The Room You Just Left, Bertha I. Crombet
The Room You Just Left, Bertha I. Crombet
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THE ROOM YOU JUST LEFT is a poetry collection written from the perspective of a female speaker as she navigates relationships, culture, and identity via the lens of the Cuban-American experience. The collection is divided into three sections: Paleotempestology, Machete, and Saturn Returning. The first illustrates the often turbulent nature of romantic relationships, the second highlights the speaker’s culture, and the third is a singular long poem offering both insights and questions about what it means to arrive at the age of twenty-seven.
The collection is composed of free verse, prose, experimental, and formal poetry, and includes code-switching to illuminate …