UNDER THE TENTED SKIN
The poems in UNDER THE TENTED SKIN explore the experiences of women & girls through folkloric history, discursive memory, and spectacle. Visiting and re-visiting situations all-too-common, Kubasta asks the reader to inhabit close quarters, from early socialization of girls to rural teenagerhood, to adult womanhood and ts traps. She warns “I don’t throw the skins away / and I’ve been known to gnaw a bone.”
The poems in UNDER THE TENTED SKIN explore the experiences of women & girls through folkloric history, discursive memory, and spectacle. Visiting and re-visiting situations all-too-common, Kubasta asks the reader to inhabit close quarters, from early socialization of girls to rural teenagerhood, to adult womanhood and ts traps. She warns “I don’t throw the skins away / and I’ve been known to gnaw a bone.”
The poems in UNDER THE TENTED SKIN explore the experiences of women & girls through folkloric history, discursive memory, and spectacle. Visiting and re-visiting situations all-too-common, Kubasta asks the reader to inhabit close quarters, from early socialization of girls to rural teenagerhood, to adult womanhood and ts traps. She warns “I don’t throw the skins away / and I’ve been known to gnaw a bone.”
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About C. KUBASTA
C. Kubasta writes poetry, fiction, and hybrid forms. Her last book was the short-story collection Abjectification (Apprentice House). A former professor of writing, literature, and cultural studies, she is now the executive director of Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts in Mineral Point Wisconsin, which offers arts & crafts workshops for adults and youth. She is passionate about language, rural imagery, and the stories we try not to tell. She’s working on herself. Find her at ckubasta.com and follow her @CKfaubastathePoet
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Genre: PoetryISBN: 978-1-963115-79-6
Publication Date: May 13, 2025
