The Sisters - Paperback

by Jordan Windholz (Author)

A sensory-rich collection of poems that conjures magical worlds that combine the gorgeous imaginings of child's play with the mystery of dark fairy tales.

A lyric meditation on childhood, adulthood, parenting, grief, fear, and joy, The Sisters is a book of prose poems that began as bedtime stories. A kaleidoscopic invocation of imagined lives, these poems transform familiar myths, fables, and fairy tales into whimsical worlds that are a bit more fragile and bit more true.

Through a series of prose poems, The Sisters confronts what it means to raise children and grow up amid climate catastrophes, insistent threats of gender-based violence, and the shocks of late-stage capitalism. These are ethereal and eerie stories full of torn edges, a series of dazzling lullabies that will soothe you awake.

Author Biography

Jordan Windholz lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania where he is an associate professor of early modern British literature and creative writing at Shippensburg University. He is the author of the poetry collection Other Psalms, and his work has appeared in such journals as Tupelo Quarterly, DIAGRAM, and the tiny journal.