Shaving is political the twelve-year old says as if she has ever shaved, as if she was my daughter. Her gait is lopsided and lovely in the way of a colt that has just emerged from her mother’s womb, fully-formed yet insecure for years. I remember wishing I was a horse girl at her age, […]
Allison Martel
Allison Martel (she/hers) is a poet and librarian living in Western Massachusetts. As an undergraduate studying English literature and creative writing at Framingham State University, Martel won the 2006 Marjorie Sparrow Literary Award for Poetry. Her work can be found in FLARE Magazine and Thimble Literary Magazine, among others. She is currently considering pursuing an MFA after many years away from the writing life.