Knotted by Phil Spotswood

no blood transfigured to gold the body’s currency its own it does not owe it does not
own

Knotted by Phil Spotswood is an innovative poetry collection that rigorously explores the movement of the lingering emotional complexities of shame, fluctuations of one’s sexual identity, and the intricate nature of the human body. In a gripping narrative on shame and how one lives with it, Spotswood’s poetry takes on a unique landscape format that allows the lines to “breathe” and extend out or become dense and clustered. Packed with intrinsically chaotic imagery of the gnarled roots and burls of one’s own thoughts, Knotted invites the reader to reorient and ensconce oneself with the tongue-lashing thorns of ignominy. Spotswood pulls inspiration from renowned poets such as Douglas Kearney and Randall Man, whose styles led to his transformative discourse on emotional complexity.

Poetry | $7
Size: 5.5 x 4.25 inches
Binding: Saddle Stitched