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The Girl Who Wasn't and Is
Photo of the poetry book The Girl Who Wasn't and Is by Anastasia Walker
Photo of the poetry book The Girl Who Wasn't and Is by Anastasia Walker
Photo of the poetry book The Girl Who Wasn't and Is by Anastasia Walker
Photo of the poetry book The Girl Who Wasn't and Is by Anastasia Walker
Photo of the poetry book The Girl Who Wasn't and Is by Anastasia Walker
Photo of the poetry book The Girl Who Wasn't and Is by Anastasia Walker

The Girl Who Wasn’t and Is

$20.00

by Anastasia Walker

The Girl Who Wasn’t and Is, Anastasia Walker’s first book of poetry, is a deeply personal work and a meditation on community, history, and the natural world. In a series of poems and a closing autobiographical essay, the poet embraces her identity as a transgender woman through a harrowing, wonder-full journey from her childhood on the Maine coast to her post-transition life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Original photos and drawings, and the interspersed stories of family and friends, community members, historical and mythological figures, and the allied struggles of others create a broad sense of connection. The Girl Who Wasn’t and Is is a rich mosaic that invites readers to a conversation about death and life, despair and hope, time and memory, and the perennial complexities of love.

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SKU: GWWI Category: Poetry Books Tags: Anastasia Walker, LGBTQ+, photography, poetry

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Additional information

Weight 8 oz
Dimensions 8.5 × 5.5 × 0.38 in
Artist

Anastasia Walker

Date

4 Feb 2022

Format

Softcover, eBook

Pages

138

ISBN

978-1-950231-94-2

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