The poems in Cosmonaut work together to tell a story. As our poetic
narrator embarks on her literal and figurative journey, the cosmonaut and space
itself become flexible metaphors, used to explore the narrator’s place in and
perceptions of her world. Shielded and distanced from the world by the glass of
the cosmonaut’s helmet, the narrator’s journey is ultimately internal, played
out against a backdrop of the accidental details of life, from Star Wars bandaids
to conversations about trauma theory and climate change to Scotch whiskies.