Poetry Leaflet - The Hostage Tells a Love Story by Shane Neilson

A lyric poem exploring the inter-generational legacy of mental illness, and how it colours relationships both within and exterior to the family. Shane Neilson handles this troubling inheritance with an aching tenderness and clear-eyed grace, telling a story of love in the face of frightening unpredictability. The Blasted Tree has released a limited edition of fifty 9” x 6” leaflets on ivory linen paper bound in black string-and-button closure envelopes. You can read “The Hostage Tells a Love Story” online, and copies of the leaflet are available for purchase from The Blasted Tree Store.

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