Tears in the Fence is proud to announce the publication of Your Woman is in Pieces by associate editor, Louise Anne Buchler.
Buchler is a South African dramatist, actress, teacher, scriptwriter and poetry mentor. Her debut collection is fiercely feminist asserting a powerful new voice.
Olivia Tuck writes:
‘Louise Buchler’s poems are as energetic as they are measured, as sensuous as they are harrowing, as raging as they are yearning. In this bold collection of numerous forms, Buchler walks us through exhibitions of trauma related to coming of age, abuse, family, mental illness, and relationships. Her speaker reclaims dissociation, effortlessly calling on ghosts from the past, the present – and perhaps even the future. A spellbinding, thrilling new feminist voice.’
Kobus Moolman writes:
‘Louise Buchler’s poems are brave and tender, aching and passionate and tough all rolling together, and emerging breathless, fresh, wonderful in the newness of the word-world, in the newness of love and rejection, of loss and discovery. These poems celebrate death and renewal. They grow richer and deeper with every new read.’
The book is available to order on the magazine’s website:
David Caddy 23rd August 2023
