Catalog of Shadows by Jaz Sufi

Catalog of Shadows is a dynamic postmortem of an abusive intimate relationship. Through both form and free-verse, these poems explore codependence, autonomy, and identity while complicating the victim-to-survivor narrative. If abuse requires the abandoning of one's self, then this collection is a chronicle of its rebuilding and reclamation. 

Jaz Sufi (she/hers) is a queer Iranian-American poet and arts educator. Her work has been published or is upcoming in Best New Poets, Best of the Net, AGNI, Black Warrior Review, Muzzle, and elsewhere. She is a National Poetry Slam finalist and has received fellowships from Kundiman, the Watering Hole, and New York University, where she received her MFA.  She is the current Poet Laureate of San Ramon on occupied Ohlone land, where she lives with her dog, Apollo.