Manatee Lagoon Beverages Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

New insights on joint ventures

Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door

" the Vita Nuova

Manatee Lagoon Beverages Witness for the ProsecutionThe third full length collection from physician and poet Jenna Le blends traditional form and the current moment. In Manatee Lagoon, sonnets, ghazals, pantoums, villanelles, and a failed georgic weave in contemporary subject matter, including social media comment threads, Pap smears, eclipse glasses, and gun violence. A recurring motif throughout the collection, manatees become a symbol with meanings as wide ranging as the book itself. Le aligns the