Blood Root by Jessica Hiemstra ECW Books 112 pages $22 Jessica Hiemstra’s latest poetry collection, Blood Root, explores themes of belonging, home, and the complexities of loss related to war and colonialism. Rarely shying away from the rawness of death and the realities of life in Badela, Sierra Leone, during the civil war from 1991 […] The post Review of Blood Root by Jessica Hiemstra appeared first on ROOM Magazine.