ORDINARY BODIES

In Rodríguez’s six collection, poems here explore the relationship between son and parents, bodily desire and expectations, the cultural reality of the present and the uncertainty of the future. Rodríguez’s speaker looks at the ways in which inheritance attempts to determine how one is meant to interact with their surroundings and those they love the most, while questioning the constraints that have been put on one’s flesh and their outlooks on life. Ordinary Bodies is a lyrical achievement and a thought-provoking collection that does nothing short of providing insight any reader will not only ponder, by live by.

word west press, 2022