A hybrid memoir and valentine to her firstborn, Letdown pieces together the story of a woman whose fertility issues arise at the same time the diagnosis of her son’s autism complicates motherhood in unexpected ways—portraying the transcendence found amidst difficulty.
About the Author
Sonia Greenfield was born and raised in Peekskill, New York, and her chapbook, American Parable, won the 2017 Autumn House Press/Coal Hill Review prize. Her first full-length collection, Boy with a Halo at the Farmer's Market, won the 2014 Codhill Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in a variety of places, including in the 2018 and 2010 Best American Poetry, Antioch Review, Bellevue Literary Review, Los Angeles Review, Massachusetts Review, and Willow Springs. She lives with her husband, son, and two rescue dogs in Minneapolis where she teaches at Normandale College.