Steel Slides and Yellow Walls (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781966369042)

Through Steel Slides and Yellow Walls, Alicia Swain navigates the labyrinthine journey of identity formation that women must undergo. With a feminist lens and distinctive poetic voice, these poems pull away the veil that often shields people from the bitter realities of what forges women into tenacious, sagacious adults. From contemplation on how to balance mental health knowing what tribulations are sure to come to the title poem's exploration of how traumatic memories continue to haunt in the most unexpected situations, Swain offers a look at a diverse range of experiences and states of mind-letting readers see firsthand what it takes for many adult women to become the resilient, beautiful beings they are known to be.