Description
Slip into this book like you would the halls of a gallery, except here you're allowed to touch. Try on mask after mask; see how they nestle against your face. Here, there are exhibits of your favorite artists: Frida Khalo, Leonora Carrington, Faith Ringgold, but also whole wings of virgin queens and armless goddesses. Rooms of writers like Vita Sackville-West and actors like Tippi Hedren. Women from stories you wear close to your skin: Titania, the Little Mermaid, Odette from Swan Lake. Caplan expertly interrogates and subverts the concept of the fe/male gaze: who is looking, who is being looked at, and the potency in that relationship. You'll want to linger in this gallery, even in the shadows. You'll need to return.
-Dayna Patterson, author of O Lady, Speak Again
Author: Shari Caplan
Publisher: Lily Poetry Review
Published: 04/10/2024
Pages: 102
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d
ISBN13: 9781957755366
ISBN10: 1957755369
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
- Poetry | LGBTQ+
- Poetry | Women Authors