The poems in Girl
Torpedo address gendered
injustice, and the ways in which violence against women is often
condoned or ignored. Rife with sass and swagger, these poems are
reclamation spells, war cries, elegies for girlhood stolen, and
amulets for the unborn. They chart the delights and dreads of
mother-love, and wrestle with the responsibility of living in both
privilege & marginalization, especially in terms of negotiating
power of the body. Invoking a sisterhood of survival with language
rendered in velocity and volatility, Girl
Torpedo wants to sink the
old battleship and resurface whole.
