In a Low Country Ik trek mijn species aan with the story buried beneath

with the story buried beneath a surface of names

from the ordinary racism and class exclusions that shaped his suburban upbringing to the multiple origin stories of the 'broken-hearted lake' at the center of this poem

and with an afterword by Rosenberg

accompaniment to work stress

In a Low Country Ik trek mijn species aan with the story buried beneathMoody Elbarasi 'we are inside of everything' Moody Elbarasi was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, where he worked as a musician. He lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and works as a chef. In a Low Country was written between late 2020 and early 2022. It follows the authors first collection, St. Beaumont Conservative Club (Critical Documents, 2012).