Jaw Darrel R. Falk University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Chicago

Wells has cared for many types of animals

deeply in love but harboring memories and secrets that leave them forever changed

and exposing them could prove deadly

" Growing up in an affluent Washington

Jaw Darrel R. Falk University of Illinois at ChicagoIn JAW, America pulls a splinter out of a child's hand, a man hides beneath a body to avoid Japanese soldiers, and God eats spam, white rice, and a fried egg. Giving us an inside look into microaggressions in America, these poems present American and Filipino cultures side by side as they grapple with immigration, identity, and family. This book invites us into the most vulnerable moments of a life, such as a grandfather decomposing in a coffin across