collection of poems
by Jessica Q. Stark
Jessica Q. Stark is a poet and scholar who lives in Jacksonville, Florida. Her poetry has most recently appeared in Poetry Society of America, Pleiades, Poet Lore, Up the Staircase Quarterly, Carolina Quarterly, Hobart Pulp, Verse, and Glass Poetry Journal. She is the author of three chapbooks, including the mini-chapbook, Vasilisa the Wise, which was published by Ethel Zine Press. Her first full-length hybrid poetry collection, Savage Pageant, was published by Birds, LLC in March 2020. She is an assistant poetry editor for AGNI and the comics editor for Honey Literary. These poems are excerpts from her new manuscript, titled Buffalo Girl about her mother.
Originally appeared in the online supplement to the Beyond Category issue 51.1