In her second poetry collection, Kat Georges consciously searches for joy in a world of growing darkness.
She finds it in unexpected places: at the doctor’s office, after being diagnosed with a serious ailment; on the streets of New York, after hearing a young child’s laugh; facing off with noisy neighbors; in a supermarket vegetable section encounter with a philosopher. Her adamant insistence on seeking light in the darkest of places sets her work apart in a media-driven world seeking out the grief and devastation, and provides both solace and inspiration for the reader. These new poems combine humor and deep insight into human nature to capture moments of much-needed wonder and enchantment. Cover design by Susan Shup.
AWE AND OTHER WORDS LIKE WOW: Poems by Kat Georges
978-1-953103-41-3 | 128 Pages | TRP-108 | $16.00
Pub Date: 09/26/23
PAST PRAISE FOR THE POETRY OF KAT GEORGES
“In Our Lady of the Hunger, poet Kat Georges hungrily devours love, politics, memory, sex, feminism and whimsy and transforms them into a muscular poetry demanding to be read aloud. Her poetry is an homage—not an imitation—to that black humor both the Surrealists and Dadaists championed. Our Lady of the Hunger is loosely built around the theme of raw desire—and what’s rawer than hunger? Both the poems Hunger Sinner and Lithium (in my view, the best two) go right for the open throat. Georges’ poems combine both conversational Walt Whitman prosody and the D/C direct-current wire of sonic, clipped enjambment that runs from Emily Dickinson down through Sylvia Plath. But wait—there’s more—many of her poems have that rarest of spices—humor! Yes!” —Ron Dakron, author Hello Devilfish
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kat Georges is a New York City-based author, poet, playwright, and graphic designer. A poet since early childhood, she has edited and designed numerous anthologies, including The Verdict Is In (1993, manic d press), and Life as a Sweeping Generalization (1989, Alien Resident Press). Her previous full-length books include of Our Lady of the Hunger: Poems and Three Somebodies: Plays about Notorious Dissidents. Her poems short stories appear in Arriving at a Shoreline, Love Love Magazine, Ladyland, Signs of Life, Have a NYC 1 and Have a NYC 2 (NYC noir), and many more anthologies. Since 2008, she has been co-editor of the internationally-acclaimed MAINTENANT: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art.” She is co-founder and co-director of Three Rooms Press and lives in Greenwich Village, New York City.
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