Angry Yellow Woman by Vera Chok Erin Fornoff A Commonplace is a conversation

A Commonplace is a conversation about how poetry is made and exists as the underlying geology of our lives

fast-paced and exhilarating

James offers a commentary on each of the eighty or so poems: sometimes a historical or critical note on the poem or its author

without hope

Angry Yellow Woman by Vera Chok Erin Fornoff A Commonplace is a conversationAngry Yellow Woman is the debut poetry collection from Vera Chok. Is Vera a woman, though? And how yellow are they? The anger is real. These playful, searching, and violently sexy pieces expose Vera's immigrant hobo journey through the landscapes, beds, and bodies of the UK and beyond. They were scratched out to understand an alien identity. Theyre a record of how and where Vera has tried to locate safety and joy. At the ends of the earth, or down