It is as if the poet set fire to her earlier work and wrote these poems in the light of those flames.—Mark WunderlichApril Bernard explores subjects ranging from childhood anger to adult grief, from a museum of skulls to the Western movie genre. By turns playful, sorrowful, and sharp-edged, Brawl and Jag stands as Bernard’s most personal and accessible collection to date. From Anger: I always lie when I always say I didn’t know the gun was loaded. | Brawl & Jag by April Bernard, Paperback | Indigo Chapters