How to Heal A Scar by Una Zelić

An Artists from Maryland micro-collection

In How to Heal A Scar, Una Zelić quickly establishes a body as the narrator’s worn and beaten terrain. Zelić questions what healing looks like after the scar is what remains of the initial wound. For Zelić: “say what you have to say, say what you are dreaming.” For Zelić: reconciling our histories and our memories is the solution to scarring. How to Heal A Scar is a guide to reflection, a memoir of hurt, and a museum visit led by a tour guide distraught by all things painful. 

“Zelić's poems send the reader careening through the connective tissue binding generational trauma and mental illness into the fabric of the self. The sharp imagery and powerful rhythms throughout this collection compel the reader into a world bound up within a dense protective shell that no longer serves its purpose. How to Heal A Scar challenges the reader to question what it means to heal from pain that persists after the body has closed the surface wound, and whether recovery emerges from acceptance or resistance.”

—Jess Keyes, award-winning Baltimore artist and composer

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