by Diane Kistner (Editor), Caroline Hagood (Author)
In this slim volume of poems, Caroline Hagood offers a surreal journey through the fever dream of creativity, exploring what it means to grow up as a woman and poet sensitive to the point of being skinless, walking the line between inspiration and madness daily. Starting from early childhood and moving forward, these poems address gender and trauma, sex and bathroom humor, the misbehaving mind, relationships, and more. A poet's attempt to transcend suffering through writing, Lunatic Speaks is by turns funny, sad, and, joyous.
Author Biography
Caroline Hagood is an English PhD candidate with a focus in 20th century American poetry at Fordham University, where she works for Poets Out Loud and CURA literary magazine. Her poetry has appeared in Shooting the Rat (Hanging Loose Press), the Huffington Post, and kill author, among others. She has also written on film and literature for The Guardian, The Economist, Salon, and the Huffington Post. Lunatic Speaks is her first full-length poetry collection.