Unmade in the Name of Beauty

Motherland: Poems | Sally Thomas | Able Muse Press

by Christian Leithart

Motherland is the first full-length book of poetry by Sally Thomas, who has written two chapbooks and contributed many poems to anthologies, journals, and magazines. It is a dense, fascinating collection that rewards rereading as it unfolds the layers of its title.

Sometime around the turn of the millennium, Thomas and her family mo…