Poetry. African American Studies. Drifting from New Mexico with lawman Elfego Baca to Ricardo Molinari's Buenos Aires all the way back to ancient Alexandria, DISORIENTATIONS: GROUNDINGS offers an erudite and at times dizzying exploration of our mortal limits. Metaphysical in both content and manner of metaphor, these poems are in constant dialogue with the physical sciences, mathematics, and number theory. The result is a startling, quixotic, and truly original poetry.

A baby girl makes sense of her brand new world, comprised solely of her parents love. In it, she wakes to her parents warm embrace and sleeps under their starry eyes. They are her sun and her moon. Their love is the air she breathes and carries the sweet whispers of her name as she begins to learn it herself. "Whisper my name" she reminds them, seeking the love and tenderness that comes along with that whisper, "I need to hear it from you."

Whisper My Name reflects on how precious a young child is and their reliance on their parents love. Every parent and grandparent knows the...

A baby girl makes sense of her brand new world, comprised solely of her parents love. In it, she wakes to her parents warm embrace and sleeps under their starry eyes. They are her sun and her moon. Their love is the air she breathes and carries the sweet whispers of her name as she begins to learn it herself. "Whisper my name" she reminds them, seeking the love and tenderness that comes along with that whisper, "I need to hear it from you."

Whisper My Name reflects on how precious a young child is and their reliance on their parents love. Every parent and grandparent knows the...