Sugar Work

A book that I breezed through (in the best way)--these poems hold such intimacy, as if it's a friend telling me of their life. I'm really looking forward to rereading this book for moments where I need to pull back and say, "What do I really mean here?"......more

I like the recurrent motif of her mother (or I should say, the speaker's mother) in these poems, and I like the subtle way she uses form.......more

It’s a great collection I thoroughly enjoyed reading. I felt let in to Marya’s / the speaker’s world, unflinchingly and without any sugar coating. The collection paints a vivid picture through snapshots of the past and present about family love, self love and marriage. I enjoyed Marya’s writing styl......more

Sugar Work is wonderfully dazzling, and an oftentimes emotional gut punch that is grounded in the real, leaving the reader hungry for more poetry from Ms. Mayra upon the book’s conclusion. Happy to now be following this very talented poet and all she shares with us next! Much love.......more

What a stunning collection! Marya's lines cut right to the bone. Poems about her mother are the most memorable from the collection, and vividly evoke Marya's childhood. Her depictions of her mother as a parent and sex worker portray a human who is flawed, loving, and beautifully formidable. The firs......more