sweet euphemism

By Alison Lubar

The carefully crafted poems in sweet euphemism highlight the centrality of family and transgenerational trauma. Lubar's strong poems recount Auntie E's experience in the Japanese internment camps during World War II and the subsequent pain that embroils a generation. These are painful, insightful, and light poems that demand our at

• Language: English
• Publisher: Clash
• Release date: Apr 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9781957840093

Alison Lubar

Alison Lubar teaches high school English by day and yoga by night. They are a queer, nonbinary, mixed-race femme whose life work (aside from wordsmithing) has evolved into bringing mindfulness practices, and sometimes even poetry, to young people. Their work has been nominated for both the Pushcart & Best of the Net, and they're the author four chapbooks: Philosophers Know Nothing About Love (Thirty West Publishing House, 2022), queer feast (Bottlecap Press, 2022), sweet euphemism (CLASH!, Spring 2023), and it skips a generation (Stanchion, Fall 2023). You can find out more at http://www.alisonlubar.com/ or on Twitter @theoriginalison.

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