Winter's Cold Girls (Paperback)

Paperback. In her debut collection of poetry, Lisa Baird explores themes of trauma and recovery, everyday violence and queerness from a personal point of view as well as a wider political scope. These poems bear witness to the resilience of bodies and sexualities and are grounded in an earthy humour. Baird's poetic style shifts from lyric to deeply personal to fantastical: an old woman plants broken light bulbs and harvests dark flowers; two sisters grow feathers in a nest in the backyard maple; a mother turns into a deer and escapes the unspeakable through a kitchen window. These are poems of disruption, discovery, and witnessathey balance brutal honesty with a welcoming intensity. They want you to come close. A powerful debut collection that explores and celebrates the resilience of bodies and sexualities through the sensual and fantastical. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.