Mississippi Poet Hannah V Warren is hosting a virtual reading from her debut collection Slaughterhouse for Old Wives’ Tales.
Mississippi Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce describes the collection: “Slaughterhouse for Old Wives’ Tales is a brilliant, beast-toothed page-turner of a collection. Here, Southern Gothic twists into apocalypse, fables are as real as fossils, and the horrors of survival bloom like mushrooms after rain. ‘Comfort has never sold you a cure,’ warns Warren. ‘Do not turn away.’ This haunting, gorgeous book won’t let you. I’ve never read anything quite like it, and I’ll never forget it.”
Says Hannah: “I dream of having people I love all in one room, albeit a virtual one. Show up with your favorite beverage of any sort. I’ll read a couple poems, we’ll wave to one another.”
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About the Book
Slaughterhouse for Old Wives’ Tales, Hannah V Warren’s full-length debut, is a visceral collection that is not only read but also felt in the body. These fertile poems trace the lineage of hunger from mother to daughter to sister. Beginning with an excavation of dinosaurs, Warren’s writing explores evolution—where we come from, what we offer, and what is left behind “when we plant our tree bodies.” This is a collection of bones and organs. The line between flesh and earth, human and animal, blurs in its gorgeous, gruesome descriptions. Warren weaves language in ways that birth new meaning— “tender gash,” “rotmouth,” “skindamp,” “lung-wide.” Slaughterhouse for Old Wives’ Tales will leave you breathless, haunted, and ravenous for more.
About the Author
Hannah V Warren is a poet, storyteller, and speculative literature scholar from Mississippi. Her debut poetry collection Slaughterhouse for Old Wives’ Tales is now available from Sundress Publications. She is the author of two short chapbooks: Southern Gothic Corpse Machine from Carrion Bloom Books (2022) and [re]construction of the necromancer from Sundress Publications (2020). Among other journals, her works have found homes in Gulf Coast, Fairy Tale Review, The Pinch, THRUSH, Passages North, Crazyhorse, Southeast Review, and Mid-American Review.