Bellinger, DeMisty D.: Peculiar Heritage

Mason Jar Press, paperback

Publication Date: August 17, 2021

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The shock of American violence and hate shouldn't be shocking at all. This is our peculiar heritage from an ugly institution. Still, we are not without resistance and PECULIAR HERITAGE; a collection of imagery and rhythm-heavy poems; is a resistance narrative to the present political climate and a regime in the U.S. that rejects culture and inclusion. Bellinger's poetic style is heavy on imagery and rhythm. Combining love poems--of self; of nature and life--with heavier; weight of responsibility narratives and poems; PECULIAR HERITAGE explores how we live in a country built on freedom; individualism; and exceptionalism; but only for the ruling class.

Besides writing; is a poetry editor at Malarkey Books; an alumni reader at Prairie Schooner; and a professor at Fitchburg State University. She has a BA in English from University of Wisconsin-Platteville; an MFA from Southampton College; and a PhD from the University of Nebraska. She is an alum of Bread Loaf and Marge Piercy's Intensive Writing Workshop. Also; she attended the Vermont Studio Center on a fellowship. DeMisty lives in Massachusetts with her husband and twin daughters.