A Constellation of Half Lives

A Constellation of Half-Lives , a captivating collection of poems that beautifully navigates the challenges of living on a troubled planet while celebrating the sheer joy of love and life itself.
Seema Reza's poetry prowess shines through as she skillfully writes on the complexities of motherhood, daughterhood, and American identity in an era of conflict.
With careful precision, each verse is an exquisite masterpiece. Through thought-provoking second-person poems, Reza leaves the reader longing to discover the answers to life's most profound questions.

Seema Reza is a poet and essayist and the author of When the World Breaks Open (Red Hen Press) and A Constellation of Half-Lives (Write Bloody). Based outside of Washington DC she is the Chair of Community Building Art Works, a unique hospital arts program that encourages the use of the arts as a tool for narration, self-care and socialization among a military population struggling with emotional and physical injuries. In 2015 she was awarded the Col John Gioia Patriot Award by USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore for her work with service members.