Issue 41.2

7 Excerpts from TANAGRAMS, a Sequence

by Katrina Roberts

New Alchemy Finalist

 

Man with chicken noondle soup can for a head

Woman with alpaca head

Men with dog heads running away from a campfire

Woman with a whisk for a head and baby with a lamb head

Human with dog head sitting in front of a fishbowl

Person with a tail holding a giant strawberry

Person with a tea kettle head pointing at a coiled snake in front of them

 

About the Author

Katrina Roberts has published four books of poems: Underdog; Friendly Fire; The Quick; and How Late Desire Looks; and the chapbook Lace, and edited the anthology: Because You Asked: A Book of Answers on the Art & Craft of the Writing Life. Her work appears in collections such as Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, and The Bread Loaf Anthology of New American Poets. Her manuscript LIKENESS, was named a finalist for the PLEIADES VISUAL POETRY SERIES; her graphic poems have been nominated for a Pushcart prize, and appear and are forthcoming in many places including Thrush Poetry Journal, The Ilanot Review, American Journal of Poetry, Poetry Northwest, Root & Star, and Evergreen: Fairy Tales, Essays, and Fables from the Dark Northwest. She writes and makes art in Walla Walla, Washington, where she teaches and curates the Visiting Writers Reading Series at Whitman College, and co-runs the Walla Walla Distilling Company.