Bottomlands - Paperback

by Madeline Rotolo (Author)

These poems manifest the Louisiana Gulf Coast and all its capacity for an environment experienced in full color. Crafting in equal turns a coming-of-age narrative and an ecological meditation, Madeline Trosclair-Rotolo invites readers to inhabit a space where they must consider the frightening reality of hurricanes, climate change, and a home ever threatened by the prospect of loss-- while nonetheless managing always to find ways to keep communion. Wholly broken and often holy, Bottomlands is a debut collection by a poet as attuned to her own voice as to the beauties and dangers of the world around her.

Author Biography

Madeline Trosclair-Rotolo is a poet from Southeast Louisiana. She pursued a Masters of English in Creative Writing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. With an emphasis on ecological poetry, her work has been featured in Susurrus Magazine, The Tide Rises Journal, Tilted House, and EcoTheo Review. Bottomlands is her first full-length poetry collection. She is fond of muddy rivers, garlic, and warm light.