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    612-822-4611

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Forever Mistaken for Ourselves

Forever Mistaken for Ourselves

Grassl, Jenny

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ISBN10: 1961209713
ISBN13: 9781961209718
Publisher: Tupelo Press
Published: Dec 1 2026
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.81 Depth: 8.81
Language: English

A collection of poems envisioned as a magic wardrobe of mirrors, vast with ocean and meadow, revealing reflections of the muses, a deer woman, and a sea-monster lover.

Forever Mistaken for Ourselves tells a story of transformations. Iron dresses, veils nailed to an hourglass, and a sex-changing flower/human defy or define a woman and her place in daily life and history. Queen Anne's black lace leaves holes open for a ghost. Never just coy, these characters and artifacts get up and do battle with complacency, in an all too often misogynistic world. Beasts come and go through the mirrors, a fish-man breaking through to deliver a whole-body kiss to a woman. Forests rise, and lawns lean lethargies to hold the reflected images of the speakers. Is there a confirmation of existence? If she is--a silver say-so.

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