This poetry and visual art collection is a nonlinear account of the struggle of being transparently polyamorous inside of a relationship with a monogamous partner. lamb/&/slaughter examines the bittersweet give and take in polyamorous relationships that has the capacity to place one as the predator in control of your relationships, but also the prey giving yourself over to your partner's needs, and finally, the pressure to balance both. Emily Perkovich (she/her) is from the Chicago-land area. She is the Editor in Chief of Querencia Press, a poetry reader with Split Lip Mag, and on the Women in Leadership Advisory Board with Valparaiso University. Her work strives to erase the stigma surrounding trauma victims and their responses. She is a Best of the Net nominee, a SAFTA scholarship recipient, and is previously published with Horror Sleaze Trash, Harness Magazine, Rogue Agent, Coffin Bell Journal, and Awakenings, among others. She is the author of the poetry collections Godshots Wanted: Apply Within (Sunday Mornings at the River), The Number 12 Looks Just Like You (Finishing Line Press), baby, sweetheart, honey (Alien Buddha Press), & Manipulate Me, Babe—I Trust You (GutSlut Press) as well as the novella Swallow. You can find her on IG @undermeyou or Twitter @emily_perkovich. “Emily Perkovich’s lamb/&/slaughter is visceral, like all of her writing. Her deliberate diction is a physical punch, or it can be a caress. Be ready to encounter your own reflection, full of emotion, in her words. In lamb/&/slaughter, Perkovich returns again and again to the metaphor of home, and the way time wears on all things: object, flesh, and memory. You’ll encounter many of her dreams, and the unsettling substance of their contents. Stark, urgent, and grounded in the body, lamb/&/slaughter will ensnare the reader and not let go.” —Erika Gill, Editor in Chief of Alternative Milk Magazine and author of Lone Yellow Flower ISBN 9798991523646 Pub Date 12/10/2024 Page Count 44
