Dancing Girl Press published my pamphlet (or chapbook depending on your lingo) in 2014 and it is available to purchase now on their website here ($7 plus P&P).
“The layering of rhythm and changes of focus are compelling, and have the effect of a peripheral glimpse at a shift, both physical and stylistic. This complexity makes this poem a highlight in a pamphlet of consistent strength. Likewise in ‘XII’, where form becomes a conduit, funnelling us through the Irish, German, and Czech words for fox, building pace and threat through their clouding of meaning, the slippage and uncertainty of what is lost in translation, and what is maintained – the kick of consonants next to the slink of ‘s’ sounds.” reviewed by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Read the whole review at Sabotage Reviews HERE
Poem XII can be read at the ‘I am not a silent poet’ blog HERE
and Poem IX HERE
Poem V HERE
The chapbook is called Fox Boy and it is inspired by animal/human shape shifting. It also includes some of my illustrations. I am indebted to the work of Native American authors Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, Thomas King and Gerald Vizenor. Their novels absorbed and inspired me.
The press is based in Chicago. Editor Kristy Bowen writes that DGP, ‘seeks to publish writing that bridges the gap between schools and poetic techniques – work that’s fresh, innovative and exciting. The press has published over 200 titles by emerging women poets in delectable open hand made editions.’
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Pictured clockwise: 4 chapbooks by K.C Trommer, Carrie Etter, Ashley Danielle Ryle and Christina Rothenbeck.
Ruth Stacey 