Have my comments made them suspect their poems need a good scrub? When they were toddlers, did the surprise of the dryer buzzer traumatize them? Do they think their words are wrinkled as old apples, Eden’s shadow over them all? And what about the womb of the washer tub– round and warm and pulsing? Did […]
Colette Tennant
Colette Tennant has three books of poetry: Commotion of Wings, Eden and After, and Sweet Gothic. Her book, Religion in The Handmaid’s Tale: a Brief Guide, was published in 2019 to coincide with Atwood’s publication of The Testaments. Her poems have won various awards and have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes along with being published in various journals, including Prairie Schooner, Rattle, Southern Poetry Review, and Poetry Ireland Review. Colette is an English and Humanities Professor who has also taught art in Great Britain, Germany, and Italy.