Ostrowska, Monika: Squirming

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Coffee House Press, paperback Publication Date: April 21, 2026 Publisher Marketing: An intimate collection where the domestic, sexual, and cerebral entangle. Monika Ostrowska's pro vocative, plainspoken debut tracks its speaker's intensifying sexual fantasies as they become at once more intellectualized and embodied, tracing a desperate need for enlightenment. Squirming is a primal meditation on embracing the erotic, challenging the complexities of womanhood, and bridging the chasm between self-awareness and external perception. Show more