The Man Under My Skin

Encompassing a range of themes and forms, the poetry in Juliana Gray’s debut collection, The Man Under My Skin addresses matters public and intimate, personal and historical. The history and identity of the South, family, relationships, nature, love and heartbreak—all are dissected with lyrical and wry language. Among these pages, readers will encounter Civil Rights activists, an aviary of symbolic birds, a panty thief, a vengeful skeleton, and a sensual vision of heaven