night myths before the body
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
night myths before the body
By (Author) Abi Pollokoff
Red Hen Press
Red Hen Press
30th July 2025
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)
811.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
120
Width 177mm, Height 228mm
Description
night myths before the body is an ecofeminist interrogation of identity, vulnerability, and relationship that dismantles the boundaries between the body and the natural world to reclaim expressions of power and womanhood.
What are the stories we tell our bodies about our bodies What are the myths we tell ourselves about ourselves night myths before the body illuminated the dichotomies contemporary women grapple with every day: identity and expectation, self-preservation and doubt, freedom and entrapment, wildness and cultivation. By dissolving the boundaries between the body and the natural world, Abi Pollokoff's evocative debut deconstructs the essence of womanhood, carrying the reader into a communing at once vulnerable and insistent. night myths before the body is a resounding interrogation of being human in a posthuman world.
Author Bio
Abi Pollokoff is a poet, editor, and book artist. Her work has appeared in publications such as TriQuarterly, Denver Quarterly, and Guernica, and in such installations as the Summit Sound, the Seattle Convention Center sound installation. Abi was named a 2021 Jack Straw Writer and a 2019 Hugo Fellow. She has held residencies from the Seventh Wave, the Seattle Review of Books and the Alice Gallery. In 2012, Abi won the Anselle M. Larson/Academy of American poets Prize for Tulane University, judged by Caryl Pagel. She was a finalist for the 2022 Coniston Prize, judged by Dorianne Laux, and the 2022 Gatewood Prize, judged by Julie Carr, and a semifinalist for the 2021 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize. Her poem "aubade" was a finalist for the 2019 Omnidawn Broadside Contest, judged by Dan Beachy-Quick. In addition to her own writing, Abi is the managing editor of Poetry Northwest Editions and works in publishing. Abi received her MFA in poetry from the University of Washington. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, by way of Seattle, New Orleans and the Chicagoland area. Find her at https: //www.abipollokoff.com/.
