by Danielle Pieratti (Author)

A collection of poems that confront an emotional reckoning with the complexities of domestic life.

Approximate Body reflects upon the dramas of domestic life with equal parts cynicism, nostalgia, and grief. Richly narrative, fragmented, and featuring a variety of landscapes suburban, tropical, and ancient, these poems affirm an intricate mix of guilt and longing, proclaiming that "if I've loved / anything it has not been / enough."

Author Biography

Danielle Pieratti is the author of Fugitives, winner of the 2017 Connecticut Book Award for poetry. Her poems have appeared in Boston Review, Mid-American Review, Sixth Finch, Cream City Review, and elsewhere. She is also the translator of Transparencies, a volume of poems by Italian poet Maria Borio. She lives and teaches in Connecticut.