Louisville, Kentucky. Sarabande Books. 2025. 104 pages.Readers will find an unlikely beauty in Lauren K. Watel’s debut prizewinning collection, unlikely because of its engagement with…
Lauren K. Watel
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Photos courtesy of the author “Ruins give us this beautiful idea,” writes the author, “that you could make something, something wonderful and strange, as pleasing as you could, imbuing it with som…
- The Capuchin Crypt, beneath the church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, Rome. Credit: Dnalor 01 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 Surely I owe this particular take on Bone Baroque t…