Fugitive but Gorgeous - Softcover

Walker, Elinor Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1962405621 ISBN 13: 9781962405621

Publisher: Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2026

Synopsis

In poetry and short prose, Fugitive but Gorgeous maps haunted landscapes where American southern and Appalachian cultures both constrain and inspire. Its title takes inspiration from the properties of natural or organic dyes, such as those rendered by plants or berries--vivid in color but "fugitive," prone to fade over time. Female personae are often themselves fugitive, seeking outlets from confining relationships, prescribed roles, and gendered legacies as they redefine their desires. Via art, music, flora, and fauna, surreal portals may open between memory and sorrow, childhood and midlife, presence and absence. Alluding to the author's grief over losing her father as an only child 13 years ago, and her mother in 2024 to cancer, the collection petitions nature and narrative for solace.

About this title

About the Author

Elinor Ann Walker's poems have been featured on Verse Daily, in several anthologies, and appear or are forthcoming in AGNI, American Poetry Journal, Bayou Magazine, Bear Review, Nimrod International Journal, Plant-Human Quarterly, Plume, Poet Lore, Quarterly West, The Southern Review, Terrain, and elsewhere. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, lives in the Appalachian foothills, and is on the poetry staff at River Heron Review. Winner of the 2024 Sheila-Na-Gig Editions First Chap Prize, Fugitive but Gorgeous is her first book. Give Sorrow (Whittle Micro-Press) is forthcoming. Find her online: https: //elinorannwalker.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sheila-Na-Gig Editions
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1962405621
• ISBN 13: 9781962405621
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 70
• Editor: Haugen Hayley