These Hollowed Bones

'It is Ettinger's encounters with birds that reflect some of our most vulnerable human qualities.'

—TAK Erzinger, poet, winner of the 2021 Whirling Prize, University of Indianapolis

 

'A collection the reader can come home to again and again, in any season.'

—Brittney Corrigan, author of Solastalgia

 

'Flighted on hope and feathers. Wonderment unfolds effortlessly on the page with the poet's sprawling knowledge dovetailed perfectly with an artist's eye.'

—Jessica Mehta, author of Constellations of My Body

 

 

Amelia Díaz Ettinger is the author of  four previous books of poetry: Self Dissection (The Poetry Box), Learning to Love a Western Sky (Airlie Press), Speaking at a Time /Hablando a  la Vez (Redbat Press), and Fossils in a Red Flag (Finishing Line Press). In an earlier version of herself, Amelia Díaz Ettinger trained as an ornithologist at Washington State University. Her passion for birds has been a constant in her tumulus wandering life. In this work she pays homage to the feather birds that have given her so much solace.