exquisite damage: a midwest gothic, 2020

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An exploration of growing up in the 80's with a love of horror movies and novels, this lyric essay in fragments takes you on a journey through the treacheries of girlhood and middle class gothicism, complete with slumber party seances, suburban witchcraft, and flammable prom queens.  32 pages. dancing girl press & studio.