Alligator Woman
A Book of Poetry
- Arts & Literature
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
What are we doing here? More than a sense of purpose, more than a culmination of random acts of self-worth--made worthy often because someone else declared a set value. This book asks questions about connection, love, and moving forward when there appears to be no path in front of us. These poems attempt to piece together what we call life on Earth without judgement or fear. What does it mean to be indigestible? What does it mean when our emotions aren't obvious? What does it mean when our day to day becomes our entire life? What happens when the answers to long-supported questions are no longer the priority? Who do we become when accountability meets self-actualization?
Endorsements (2)
“Brimming with memorable wit and verve, Alligator Woman is a searing, lyrical examination of rage, compassion, and womanhood. It heralds Abby Armstrong as an essential voice on the American poetry scene.”
“What I like most about these poems is the straightforward reckoning with emotion. Armstrong doesn’t couch her feelings in clever evasiveness or metaphor (though herein be many great metaphors!). Again and again, these poems lay bare the speaker’s vulnerability: ‘Today I choose to be an ugly thing. / I want to be worthless to the world’ (‘Ugly’). Fortunately, such vulnerability and raw emotion is anything but ugly in Armstrong’s capable hands. This is a young poet who speaks directly to the concerns of her generation with clarity. Armstrong is someone to keep an eye on.”
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