The Pronunciation Part

Winner, The Poetry Box(R) Chapbook Prize 2024In his prize-winning poetry collection, The Pronunciation Part, based on his 35 years as a cardiothoracic surgeon, Flavian Mark Lupinetti presents the triumphs and tragedies of the practice of medicine. The reader will explore the operating room, the emergency room, the intensive care unit, and the secrets of the human heart-in every sense of the word."These poems have the propulsive force of a page-turning novel coupled with accurate, edgy language that lends wit to even the grimmest situations. The poems are so vivid, I can see the chapbook as a short film."-Donna Hilbert, contest judge, author of Enormous Blue Umbrella"From the first poem to the last, Lupinetti held me in his electric language thrall, with his unforgettable, impeccably crafted imagery where every single end line was a gut punch."-Pamela Uschuk, author of Refugee and Crazy Love, American Book Award"Only a perspective hard-won from decades in the operating room, and in th