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The work intricately weaves together elements of incantation, elegy, and documentary poetics to explore the author's mother's tragic death. It serves as a profound meditation on themes of light, language, and lineage, offering a raw and personal narrative that delves deep into the complexities of loss and memory. Through a blend of lyrical memoir and poetic forms, the author reflects on the enduring impact of grief and the connections that bind generations.

Exploring grief and memory, this poetic memoir intertwines incantation with elegy as the author reflects on her mother's tragic death. Through crystalline prose poems, it delves into themes of bioluminescence, the healing power of poetry, and the connection between language and lineage. The narrative also examines the estrangement between mother and daughter, illuminated by the mother's journals. Infused with epigenetic theory, it presents language as a medium for energy transmission and the transformation of biological light.

Edges & Fray is an embodied meditation that cultivates receptivity and deep listening to the ways we inhabit language and its ethereal resilience. Combining close observation of birds' nests and the writing process, Danielle Vogel brings the reader into communion with language as a mode of presence.