Being the Woman That She Is

This is a book of poems that describes the nature of being a woman - her relations with children, herself, her world, her nature. It is funny, sexy, happy, sad, and exhilarating. It covers suffering, discovery, exploration, recognition, and love. Sophia Marshall has been compared to e.e. cummings, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Emily Dickinson, and Sappho. She has published forty books, including 36 poetry books, two books of stories, and two books of criticism. She is a credentialed journalist and music critic as well as a poet, with credits in many journals and magazines. She is also an author of fiction. She is a transgender woman. She lives in Boston.