Game Over Books, paperback
Publication Date: May 13, 2025
Publisher Marketing: Jamie Silvonek's debut poetry collection, Marginal Verse, is a defiant and tender exploration of what it means to come of age and maintain one's humanity within the dehumanizing confines of the prison system. With keen attention to image and lyricism, Silvonek's speaker interrogates guilt, redemption, sexuality, trauma, and love in its many forms. Marginal Verse invites readers to listen to the voices that our carceral society seeks to silence and to consider the ways that we each perpetuate or disrupt that silencing. Ultimately, Marginal Verse is a testament to survival and resilience: 'We see all that they will not let themselves see," writes Silvonek. 'If only they knew / they made us more human / when they disposed of us.
