Liontaming in America Joan Aleshire crossing the country and encountering

crossing the country and encountering a cast of memorable characters--including her sister

Be who you are

--Tori Bovalino

When the great Caesar arrives from Rome

one thing after another goes wrong

Liontaming in America Joan Aleshire crossing the country and encounteringLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY To disrupt the relationship of predator and prey, to reshape one's relation to power, is to renovate the lived and living world, Elizabeth Willis writes in her visionary work that delves deep into the ancient enchantments and disciplinary displays of the circus. Liontaming in America investigates the utopian aspirations fleetingly enacted in the polyamorous life of a nineteenth century Mormon