Forgotten Lands
Poems of the Ancestors
$28.04
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2026
Summary
In the tradition of Joy Harjo and Sandra Cisneros, Forgotten Lands is a fearless poetry collection exploring disability, divinity, and erasure—offering a voice from the margins that refuses to be silenced.
After her acclaimed debut, psychotherapist and poet Lauren Martin returns with a luminous second collection written from a life changed by spinal cord injury. From the quiet of recovery, she turns to ritual, prayer, and language.
Rooted in the West African tradition…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798896362203 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Lauren Martin |
| Publisher: | She Writes Press |
| Imprint: | She Writes Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“Maps the unsettled ground between estrangement and return … A searching, emotionally candid collection that makes spiritual inheritance feel palpable and real.”—Kirkus Reviews
“In this charged collection powered by fury, reconciliation, and the ghosts of the past, Martin has stitched together a tapestry of diverse poetic forms to create a woeful, impassioned battle cry for the love of humanity and the grief that is inheritance … Ifá-inspired poetry exploring femininity, climate change, and the passage of time.”—BookLIfe Reviews
Lauren Martin
Lauren Martin is a psychotherapist, poet, and devoted Ìyânífá. She studied poetry at Sarah Lawrence College. She spent years writing without submitting her work due to a long shamanic journey that led her to both Ifá and the writing of this collection of poems. Lauren lives in Oakland, California.
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