to be female is to be interrogated by S. K. Grout

to be female is to be interrogated

In “to be female is to be interrogated”, S. K. Grout speaks with a thousands mouths, and tells a thousand stories. From the tender to the fierce, the poems of this collection wind into and around the body like a memory.

Both extolling and examining, deconstructing and dreaming of the female and femininity, Grout weaves a journey with her words as intricate and elaborate as the body itself.

Contents

• some girls
• Corvus
• A rare porcelain cup
• The price you pay is to be ripped apart by maenads
• I am not that girl
• My girl suits jealousy
• “Many women use their children as a stick to beat the father with”, says Tory MP
• The Interrogation
• Bone trucks
• Your heart’s teeth
• the girl walks into the room
• Worship, War and Toil