Poetry: Let’s Meet Our Contestants
“For $200: When inheritance begins//What is: in the womb/What is: decades before I announced my father dead/to me,” writes Taylor Byas in the poem “ (The Category Is Birthright),” which appears in her debut collection, , published in August by Soft Skull Press. In this emotional poem, which follows the familiar format of the classic trivia game show referenced, , or , what limits of language can you reach when pushing your use of form?