Lady Smith (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781629223032)

Winner of the 2023 Akron Poetry Prize

Propulsive and erotic, searching and incisive, Jess Smith's debut collection Lady Smith explores the overlap between private and public violence. These poems investigate the troubled relationship between control and intimacy and deconstruct the messaging women receive about their bodies, starting in childhood. Lady Smith resists the urge to offer a tidy healing narrative, instead revealing the way victims absorb violence and try to live with the long shadows of cultural misunderstandings and self-doubt. Smith offers readers a fearless invitation to pleasure, sensuality, and our own complicity in everyday brutalities.

Author: Jess Smith
ISBN-10: 1629223034
ISBN-13: 9781629223032
Publisher: University of Akron Press
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2025
Pages: 87
Format: Paperback