Today Alex recommends TORTURED WILLOWS poetry by Christina Sng, Angela Yuriko Smith, Lee Murray & Geneve Flynn. We hope you'll check it out!
Tortured Willows poetry by Christina Sng, Angela Yuriko Smith, Lee Murray & Geneve Flynn
"The willow is femininity, desire, death. Rebirth. With its ability to grow from a single broken branch, it is the living embodiment of immortality. It is the yin that wards off malevolent spirits. It is both revered and shunned. In Tortured Willows, four Southeast Asian women writers of horror expand on the exploration of otherness begun with the Bram Stoker Award-winning anthology Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women.
Like the willow, women have bent and bowed under the expectations and duty heaped upon them. Like the willow, they endure and refuse to break.
With exquisite poetry, Christina Sng, Angela Yuriko Smith, Lee Murray, and Geneve Flynn invite you to sit beneath the tortured willow's gravid branches and listen to the uneasy shiver of its leaves.”
Alex's Review
TORTURED WILLOWS: BENT. BOWED. UNBROKEN is a poetry anthology from a powerhouse cast of writers/poets. It's loaded with Asian heritage, profoundly personal experiences, and the resilience of women. Culture clash vs. multiculturalism, erasure culture, identity, and systemic sexism are just a few themes mixed into these poignant and brilliant poems. Oftentimes, women are both the haunted and the ghosts. There are not enough words to convey how impressive and strong the words are on every page. A must-read, must-experience anthology!
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