Daughterbody II: a self-reclamation through poetry

Laura Gentile’s poetry and drawings have been shortlisted for the John Byrne Award 2023 and have been exhibited at Summerhall in Edinburgh.

one body played dead
the other exhausted itself
c o n c e i v e (d)  me
Writing is an act of reversing a chokehold.

Artwork: Maya Beck

Book Design: Laura Kincaid

Author photo: Perry Jonsson

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