Glandscapes Salt Lake City\ and the early loss of

and the early loss of a mother

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Glandscapes Salt Lake City\ and the early loss ofGut wrenching winner of the 2024 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest, Mickie Kennedys Glandscapes grapples with survival and the self. It bares its most vulnerable parts, speaking to family, inheritance, and queer experienceall colored by the lens of illness. When faced with our own mortality, Glandscapes asks what pieces of ourselves are we willing to lose? Who are we without them? Kennedys wry humor blends with stark intimacy, bringing us into a