Poetry. In FAT GIRL, Jessie Carty asks us to strip and stand naked in front of a mirror. These poems are our own reflection. Bittersweet in nature, they are self-perception. They size us up and tell the truth: that man or woman, we all struggle to feel at home in our own skins.
Author City: CHARLOTTE, NC USA
Jessie's poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in publications such as Iodine Poetry Journal, Main Street Rag and The Dead Mule. Previous to FAT GIRL, she authored two chapbooks, At the A & P Meridiem (Pudding House, 2009) and The Wait of Atom (Folded Word, 2009). Her first full-length of poetry collection, Paper House, was published by Folded Word in 2010. When she's not busy writing, Jessie teaches at RCCC in Concord, North Carolina, and edits the online journal Referential Magazine.
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