Melissa Anne Tolentino’s chapbook was the Runner-Up to the 2025 Quarter Press Chapbook Contest!
“While not lengthy, Tolentino’s manuscript is chocked full of beautiful language, opening just right with “all you have now is a name and your heart and this heist”: “Nighttime comes in a cloak you cannot unfold. The sighing hills, the snap of branches underfoot: every noise / is a rock in your stomach. You only remember being swallowed by day and desert.” - Natalie Padilla Young, Contest Judge and Author of All of This Was Once Under Water
This PDF contains 10 poems and multiple details from 17th century, public domain paintings.
Melissa Anne Tolentino’s chapbook was the Runner-Up to the 2025 Quarter Press Chapbook Contest!
“While not lengthy, Tolentino’s manuscript is chocked full of beautiful language, opening just right with “all you have now is a name and your heart and this heist”: “Nighttime comes in a cloak you cannot unfold. The sighing hills, the snap of branches underfoot: every noise / is a rock in your stomach. You only remember being swallowed by day and desert.” - Natalie Padilla Young, Contest Judge and Author of All of This Was Once Under Water
This PDF contains 10 poems and multiple details from 17th century, public domain paintings.
