Past Repair by Carol Edelstein
In December 2020, Simian Press published Carol Edelstein’s third book, Past Repair. A collection of poetry, Past Repair includes drawings and paintings by Adell Donaghue with cover art by Rosamond Purcell. In addition to the trade paperback, 50 copies of the first edition were printed in hard cover, signed by the author and artists.
“Reading Past Repair feels natural, essential, and sometimes as complicated as breathing. If the world seems good even as its goodness is wearing down and wearing out, it is because Edelstein finds ‘prayers to spare in the bodies of birds.’ Hers is an examined life, and she shares her observations with unblinking courage and practiced gratitude.”
– Lisa Allen Ortiz
The paperback book is available for sale here.
A limited edition hardcover version of the book (50 copies), signed by the author and artists will be available in January 2021. Available here.
Carol Edelstein reading Djinn
Past Repair
List of Illustrations
I
Great Horned Owl
Eastern Stars
Hell, after Fra Angelico
East of Oklahoma City
Morning Glories
Fish Out of Water
Moon in Cambria
II
For Rothko
Who Can Understand the Spreading of the Clouds?
In Carriacou
Near Jamaicaway
III
Samsara
Near Dragoon, Cochise County
Rain
IV
Into the Sun
Near the Border
Rome 1989
Isle au Haut