In this collection of persona poems, Teri Youmans Grimm weaves the public history of silent film with the personal history of a fictional silent film star.
Becoming Lyla Dore recounts the provocative fall and rise of a young woman whose coming of age coincides with that of moving pictures.
Lyla s need to be desired becomes her downfall as well as the catalyst that drives her to success as a silent film actress.
Through stunning imagery a character s vulnerabilities and strengths, her heartbreaks and triumphs are explored through the lens of history reimagined.
These poems are luminous as nitrate film and just as incendiary.
