interlucent

by Isaura Ren

interlucent is isaura ren's first chapbook of poetry. it features 20 original poems (16 of which are never-before-seen) that bridge the distances between us all. these pieces examine divisions both big & small: light & dark, warmth & cold, land & sea, sky & earth, knowledge & ignorance, spring & winter, life & death, and many more. ren takes a chisel to these topics, splitting them open to reveal glimmering wisdom hidden within. witness the debut readers testify "will bring you back into the light."

Genres: Poetry

45 pages, ebook

First published December 1, 2020

Reviews

[df parizeau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ren's greatest strength is the ability to make real life places seem ethereal and fantastical, while still expressing the full weight of their presence in our world.

These poems are saturated with nostalgia that will permeate into your own consciousness, making you wonder if you yourself are the speaker.

A truly splendid collection of thoughtful poems that truly live up to the book's title.

[Sarah Cavar · Rating 5 out of 5]

From my blurb: “I emerged from Interlucent to a sun-backlit bedroom, a space of intimacy that pairs perfectly with Ren’s collection. Interlucent witnesses, and, in doing so, reframes: flame turns to winter wind, death to efflorescence. This is a story of destruction, of violences both slow and acute. So too is it the story of the weary pause that follows. And yet, we are reminded: ‘even this stillness / shivers with possibility.’”

[Adria Trees · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was really excited to read Isaura Ren’s debut chapbook and was captivated by their words. I know that I will be coming back to this collection to reread these poems. I appreciated the content warnings as a sensitivity to the readers, the vulnerability that was shared, and the depth that each poem contained. What beautiful art and I’m looking forward to seeing what more Isaura Ren offers!

[Melissa Boles · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely devoured this. Powerful, exceptional, gorgeous.

[Olga · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I could write a more eloquent, coherent review, but all I can think is that I didn't know it was possible to inhabit both the extremes 'no thoughts, head empty' and 'many thoughts, head full' simultaneously. Yet here we are.

[Kimberly Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

The presence of Isaura Ren, and all of her beautiful charm, is captured here in her debut release. Her opening poem blew me away and set the tone for the rest of the collection- she really is that good in her use of language! As I stated in a response to Isaura Ren after reading the first few poems, I just had to let the words soak in, let them swirl around in my head before I could carry on to the next. And once I was done, I was in awe as if I had just laid in a body of clouds and floated away.

[Heath Wooten · Rating 5 out of 5]

simply a perfect book. what else can I say?