I Am the Flame

In I Am the Flame the author revisits her female ancestral lineage, women she knew and women she can only imagine, ancestors who immigrated to the United States in the early twentieth century from Russia, and the women who stayed behind. These poems of remembrance search for connection, reflect on culture, family dynamics and life cycles. They also remind each of us that we are shaped by the men and women who came before us and that making peace with the past is how we can learn to move forward.