The poems of Witch Wife are spells, obsessive incantations to exorcise or celebrate memory, to mourn the beloved dead, to conjure children or keep them at bay, to faithfully inhabit one’s given body. In sestinas, villanelles, hallucinogenic prose poems and free verse, Kiki Petrosino summons history’s ghosts—the ancestors that reside in her blood and craft—and sings them to life.
Named “Best Poetry of 2017” by The New York Times, Witch Wife is back in a brand new paperback edition, featuring a reader’s guide and writing prompts from the poet herself.
About the author
Kiki Petrosino is the author of three books of poetry:
Witch Wife (2017),
Hymn for the Black Terrific (2013) and
Fort Red Border (2009), all from Sarabande Books. She holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Her poems and essays have appeared in
Best American Poetry, The New York Times, FENCE, Gulf Coast, Jubilat, Tin House and online at
Ploughshares. She is founder and co-editor of
Transom, an independent online poetry journal. She is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Louisville, where she directs the Creative Writing Program. Her awards include a residency at the Hermitage Artist Retreat and research fellowships from the University of Louisville’s Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
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