Whipstitches contains ninety-nine compact poems that stitch together the haunting story of a West Virginian family and farm in crisis. Beauty and brutality fuse into moments of acute clarity that collapse time, subjectivity, and landscape. With lyrical precision and meticulous attention to form and narrative, Randi Ward’s collection creates a metaphoric ecology that grounds readers in the unsettling awareness that we are all born into—and constantly shape and take shape within—fields fraught with commingling currents of language, culture, and history. Whipstitches features original cover art, graphite rubbings of baling twine, and handmade lettering by Wood County artist Chris Sturm. MadHat Press published the collection on 6/20/2016.
Whipstitches Poetry Collection
$15.00