Rodent angel

the long version

In Rodent Angel, a father pulls a nest of baby squirrels out of the eaves, and chaos ensues - fields burn, a family is destroyed. What happens when the sacred laws which bind us as a community are broken? Who is angel and who is exterminator? In these spare, elegant lyrics, Debra Weinstein explores the confounding nature of love. Without remorse or pretention, the poet slowly advances on her subject until it is trapped in the reader's palm. Rodent Angel tells a violent, powerful story about the human family. These are poems of no uncertain terms. Whether she is singing of loss or of her coming child, Debra Weinstein's voice is brave and uncompromising.