How to Make Pancakes for a Dead Boy

Author: Joan Kwon Glass Publisher: Small Harbor Publishing (2022) "Here, memory continues to sing in a language that is assured, with a lilt that aims to preserve what is lost—Joan continues to 'search through' the 'empty house' of grief even though "there is nothing left to recover" but the beauty of shared experiences with the ones we have lost. This is a book that is a remarkable read, that teaches that hope exists in remembrance." –Saddiq Dzukogi “'bow your head / in prayer to a new Holy Trinity: / Father, Gun, Holy Ghost / place your ear to the floor, / listen for whatever echo / death leaves behind.' In her exquisite chapbook, How to Make Pancakes for a Dead Boy, Joan Kwon Glass becomes an alchemist, transforming unfathomable tragedy into a narrative of mourning, teaching us in the process that there are endless layers to discover even in the heartbreak of a life cut short. Wild with stunned grief, Kwon Glass weaves this tender narrative of bewildering loss with treasures, like t