Polly Alice McCann (Books)

Polly Alice McCann Books

Polly Alice McCann crafts lyrical poetry that explores the narratives of the internal heartland, drawing on her dual talents as an artist and a professor of English. Her work, deeply informed by research into dreams and her artistic sensibility, often delves into the bone and marrow of women's experiences in contemporary America. As the founder of FLYING KETCHUP PRESS, McCann finds profound satisfaction in storytelling—whether it's her own, others', or yours. Her poetry is characterized by a subtle use of color and a penetrating gaze into the search for visibility.

Puss 'N Boötes: Dark Poems

104 pages
4 hours of reading

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In this new collection, Polly Alice plunges her familiar style of lyrical free verse into dark and stormy dreamscapes where readers will find their way back by the flickering light of folk characters reimagined: Eve, The White Cat, Dorothy of Oz, Red Riding Hood, Gerda & The Snow Queen, and mythical characters from Spring constellation like Boötes, the hunter and shepherd, to tie in what Polly calls the readers’ primitive emotions or our “Mother Natures.” Puss ‘N Boötes is Polly’s third book of narrative poetry and a companion book to her first two collections, Kinlight (2017) and Tea with Alice (2019) both by Flying Ketchup Press. Find out more at pollymccann.com.