Department Store of Futures by Lauren Garland Irene Koronas And does anything ever actually

And does anything ever actually change for people like Maria

The collection’s heart is an extended erasure of Henry James’s The Beast in the Jungle

'These are poems that will leave their indelible mark' - ANDREW MCMILLAN

and how powerfully these can come to rhythm the life of the mind and the emotions

This is poetry at its very best

Department Store of Futures by Lauren Garland Irene Koronas And does anything ever actuallyIn Department Store of Futures, Lauren Garland crafts a lyrical exploration of longing, fertility, and the nuanced ache of loss. Through a kaleidoscope of imagined and remembered spaces, Garland's poems invite readers to journey alongside a speaker contemplating potential futures amidst the raw realities of pregnancy and infertility. These reflections blend with visions of places both tangible and ephemeral homes left behind, the haunting allure of