by Mag Gabbert
The Ohio State University Press, 2023
Paper: 978-0-8142-5861-3 | eISBN: 978-0-8142-8267-0
Library of Congress Classification PS3607.A228S49 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 811.6

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
 “This bewitching debut delivers everything the title promises and more.” —Electric Literature

In SEX DEPRESSION ANIMALS, Mag Gabbert redefines the bestiary in fiery, insistent, and resistant terms. These poems recast the traumas of her adolescence while charting new paths toward linguistic and bodily autonomy as an adult. Using dreamlike, shimmering imagery, she pieces together a fractured portrait of femininity—one that electrifies the confessional mode with its formal play and rich curiosity. Gabbert examines the origin of shame, the role of inheritance, and what counts as a myth, asking, “What’s the opposite of a man? / A woman? A wound? The devil’s image?”

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