connect Wainwright’s personal themes to wider historical subjects
1939’ – which eerily foreshadows the fate of many young men in the European conflict about to erupt
but a complex individual
The linked but not strictly sequential poems act like tarot cards or i ching hexagrams
the adopted mixed-race son of Jefferson Davis
Blood Sugar, Sex, Magic by Sarah James Stefan Kielbasiewicz connect Wainwright’s personal themes toBlood Sugar, Sex, Magic is award winning poet Sarah Jamess exploration of 40 years living with type one diabetes, a life threatening autoimmune condition that is now treatable, but remains incurable. The collection tracks her personal journey from diagnosis, age six, to adulthood, including the high and the low points, as well as the further long term health risks lurking in the background. These are poems of pain, but also of love and beauty, taking