Department Store of Futures by Lauren Garland Irene Koronas “Like playing Portal with the

“Like playing Portal with the metaphysics of the sentence

and how powerfully these can come to rhythm the life of the mind and the emotions

'These are poems that will leave their indelible mark' - ANDREW MCMILLAN

It is full of anger

talks about foreign-language processing of inherited historical trauma

Department Store of Futures by Lauren Garland Irene Koronas “Like playing Portal with theIn Department Store of Futures, Lauren Garland crafts a lyrical exploration of longing, fertility, and the nuanced ache of loss. Through a kaleidoscope of imagined and remembered spaces, Garland's poems invite readers to journey alongside a speaker contemplating potential futures amidst the raw realities of pregnancy and infertility. These reflections blend with visions of places both tangible and ephemeral homes left behind, the haunting allure of