Poetry. This series of poems unfolds a complex story that started in 1970 with a brutal rape. "These poems are not only for those who like poetry but for all other victims of rape. They're for the rapist too."
Author City: EDMONDS, WA USA
Joan Swift studied poetry in the last class taught by Theodore Roethke. Publishing in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Yale Review, she has authored four full-length collections including THE TIGER IRIS and INTRICATE MOVES: POEMS ABOUT RAPE. She has been awarded three National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships.