Relinquenda cid_4626 " - From the Introduction

" - From the Introduction

In this book

our growing understanding of what animals feel is not resulting in more respectful treatment of them

and what is its distinct contribution

to shame and depression

Relinquenda cid_4626 " - From the IntroductionWhen COVID 19 broke and the United States closed the border to travel, Alexandra Lytton Regalado was separated from family back in El Salvador. She wrote Relinquenda entirely during lockdown as a meditation on cancer, the passing of her father, and the renewed significance of community. The central part of the collection focuses on her father during his 6 year struggle with cancer and considers how his stoicism, alcoholism, and hermitage might serve