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by Karen Finneyfrock (Editor), Rachel McKibbens (Editor), Mindy Nettifee (Editor)
An anthology of poems by powerful female authors, to inspire young women 12-28, through thrilling and fearless poetry. Full of advice, critique, reflection, commiseration, humor, sorrow and rage, this anthology includes work by some of the most exciting female poets writing and performing today.
Author Biography
Karen Finneyfrock is a poet, novelist and teaching artist in Seattle, WA. Her second book of poems, Ceremony for the Choking Ghost, was released on Write Bloody press in 2010. Her young adult novel, The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door, is due from Viking Children's Books in 2013. She is a former Writer-in-Residence at Richard Hugo House in Seattle and teaches for Seattle Arts and Lectures' Writers-in-the-Schools program. In 2010, Karen traveled to Nepal as a Cultural Envoy through the US Department of State to perform and teach poetry and in 2011, she did a reading tour in Germany sponsored by the US Embassy. Mindy Nettifee, MA, is an award-winning writer, performance poet, and storyteller. She is the author of three full-length collections of poems: Sleepyhead Assassins (Moon Tide Press), Rise of the Trust Fall (Write Bloody Publishing), and Open Your Mouth Like a Bell (Write Bloody Publishing), as well as a collection of essays on writing Glitter In The Blood: A Poet's Manifesto for Better, Braver Writing (Write Bloody Publishing). She is a three-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize, a Powell's Books Indie Press Bestseller, and co-editor of the anthology Courage: Daring Poems for Gutsy Girls (Write Bloody Publishing).
