Stained: An anthology of writing about menstruation - Digital

Digital copy of Stained: An anthology of writing about menstruation

“Stained is centuries overdue—from under the cloak of shadow and taboo, this anthology sings a multifaceted womb-bearer chorus, a raw and liberating (wo)manifesto on menses. To praise the blood, to scream its pains, to moon-howl and swim in its rising tides, to warpaint each other in its earth-rust hues as we war for autonomy, to mourn the babies, to heal the bodies, to quench the burning, to carry the loss of possible futures, to deify the cellular mystery we hold—this writing names it all in the most glorious, visceral, and unflinching way. I am changed after reading this collection of voices from all over the world saying, in both harmony and dissonance, that this blood, this blood, this blood is the clotted dark fabric that connects us all. “

— Kai Coggin, author of Mining for Stardust, Incandescent, and Wingspan

“Stained is a look at the taboo of menstruation, from those who have lived through the first blood to the onset of menopause. The chapters are divided by the many colors of blood: Strawberry, Crimson, Cayenne, Fig and Siren, the colors that bind us to one another and the earth, the blood from which we spring. Women everywhere will be grateful to read these poems.“

—Dorianne Laux author of Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems