How She Sees Her Face

This is a book on image, and the image of a woman, how she looks at herself and how the world looks at her. Her face is always more beautiful than it seems, but it is only she who can tell herself that. It is only she that can make a difference. Sophia Marshall is a perceptual poet, characterized by her treatment of the senses. She has been compared to e.e. cummings, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Emily Dickinson, and Sappho. She is a credentialed journalist and music critic, as well as a poet, with credits in several jazz journals and other music publications. She has a blog, The Flash Boston (theflashboston.com) covering Boston music and culture. She is a transgender woman. She lives in Boston.