The Words of a Woman Writer

This is a book that discusses the creation of words, and the creation of woman, how she creates herself out of words, and how she uses the words she creates, spontaneously, with affection, and with care. For creating words is like creating a child. 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, and she has published letters on politics in The Boston Phoenix. She has a blog, The Flash Boston (theflashboston.com), covering Boston music and culture. She is a transgender woman. She lives in Boston.