THE WAY A WOUND BECOMES A SCAR

THE WAY A WOUND BECOMES A SCAR

EMILY SCHULTEN

The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar is a collection of poems that wrestle with visible scars “like lightening / stretching down from my chest” and those that are only “illuminated when you close your eyes.” In this story of a kidney transplant and donation, these poems seek answers to questions about relationships and the possibility of both the physical and the emotional body as well as how these two intertwine, often finding themselves rooted in myth and myth-making.

“The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar is a stunning volume of poems, truly a book of the body, both literally and metaphorically, that beautifully blends concision and stylistic grace. Especially moving is its swift, precise narrative, articulated with enormous lyric depth, of a kidney transplant from sister to brother. I have no trouble ranking Emily Schulten among our most promising younger poets.”

— B.H. Fairchild

“To read The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar is to enter a world of deep pain and deep beauty, and to exit with a renewed faith in the regenerative power of story, memory, and myth. In this extraordinary collection, Emily Schulten moves beyond the story of a life-saving kidney transplant to probe the edges of familial and romantic love and the connections that bind us all. With images as precise as a scalpel’s blade, these captivating, necessary poems will linger in the body and mind long after the book is closed.”

— Chelsea Rathburn, author of Still Life with Mother and Knife

Emily Schulten is the author of on previous collection of poems, Rest in Black Haw (New Plains P). Her poetry and nonfiction appear widely in national journals such as Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Colorado Review, The Massachusetts Review, and Tin House, among others.

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