A moving testament to a parent’s love and the invaluable support of community
Grief is one of the great universal subjects of poetry, indeed, of all arts. The loss of a child is obviously one of the most tragic triggers of grief; if one is a parent, it’s almost unimaginable. and then is Bradley’s sequel to her collection a gift, which first related the story of her son Baeley’s death in 2024.
Learning Where We Tread
Rather than prescribing a single path forward, Tread Upon demonstrates that attention itself can be transformative. Once knowledge changes how we perceive the world, it changes how we move through it. Kondrich reminds readers that every step leaves an impression and that learning where we tread may be the beginning of learning how to care for what surrounds us.