Abby Minor, Real Words for Inside

From Pennsylvania-based poet and activist Abby Minor comes Real Words for Inside, a chapbook that oscillates deftly between the beautiful and the hilarious. In Real Words for Inside, Minor navigates the wilderness, cataloging wildlife and human experiences (joyful, traumatic, and banal). Minor’s language is tight and conversational; the lines require that you sit with them for a moment, watch how they twist and move. She writes with care and precision and asks her readers to give the book the same.

This chapbook is printed on white paper with a sand-coloured cardstock cover (designed by Dani Spinosa and beautifully typeset by Kate Siklosi). Each chapbook comes with an excerpt of the poem below (the editors’ favourite!) printed on a card filled with wildflower seeds, so you can plant a poem and watch it grow!