Theampampamp10latest installment in the Sarabande Series in Kentucky Literature Mares Nest explores a Kentucky horse farm in its turbulent beginnings.ampampamp10ampampamp10From Kentuckyampampamp10native and Brooklynbased poet Holly Mitchell Mareampampamp8217s Nest troubles the meaning of a racehorse in particular theampampamp10broodmare and the foals she carries. Reaching from the photographic experimentampampamp10of Muybridgeampampamp8217s ampampamp34The Horse in Motionampampamp34 to Patti Smithampampamp8217s album Horses Mitchell touches upon history dreams Southern familyampampamp10stories and queer adolescence in the early aughts.ampampamp10ampampamp10Colloquiallyampampamp10referring to a muddled situation or an illusory discovery the term ampampquotmareampampamp8217sampampamp10nestampampquot can also refer quite literally to the soft depression left by a horseampampamp10lying in grass.