Smuggling the Past: A Review of Ewa Chrusciel’s Contraband of Hoopoe

Contraband of Hoopoe by Ewa Chrusciel Omnidawn Publishing, 2014 ISBN: 978-1-890650-99-5 $17.95 trade paperback Reviewed by Miriam O’Neal In the first line of the first poem of Contraband of Hoopoe, Ewa Chrusciel asks, “Can you feel the apparition?” This is her introduction to the hoopoe; the bird of smugglers, travelers, and immigrants; all those who carry […]

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