OUR PROJECT
“The Wild Edge of the Heart: Women Poets Raise Their Voices” is an audio collection showcasing some of our leading contemporary female poets who are lauded for their ferocity, sensitivity, and eloquence. Published, produced, and narrated by Susan Lambert, co-produced by Walker Vreeland, art directed/designed by Lee Wolfort, with original music composed by Kim Sherman, the audiobook features a foreword by iconic theater artist and writer Anne Bogart.
This diverse and distinct array of voices includes Francesca Bell, Michelle Bitting, Jennifer Espinoza, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Tanya Ko Hong, Arminé Iknadossian, Sue Ellen Kuzma, Danusha Laméris, Kitty O’Meara, Mirabai Starr, and Nancy Lynée Woo. Uniting these award-winning women poets is the daring of their expression: they are fearless, unapologetically outspoken, and insistent on being heard.
All proceeds from the sale of the audiobook and e-book will be donated to: The National Institute for Reproductive Health to support the reproductive health of girls and women. Join us in supporting this cause by purchasing books for yourself and others.
LISTEN TO EXCERPTS
Poetry has always provided comfort, inspiration, and connection; especially during socially precarious and politically divisive times. That has never been truer than it is today. The poems chosen for this collection depict personal narratives, outcries, revelations, tender fleeting moments, declarations of sovereignty, and the mythic imagination: from a stark, visceral portrayal of the Black body’s agonizing experience of terror, trauma, and loss, to the intensely erotic on display, to grieving the intimacy of touch in the height of pandemic-isolation, and the longing for ecstasy even in the darkest of times. The poems invite us into multi-sensory worlds in which Joan of Arc speaks to the sea, a father struggles to see his young transgender daughter for who she is, and a mother communes with her deceased child to grant and seek forgiveness. By shining a light on our shared human experience, “The Wild Edge of the Heart: Women Poets Raise Their Voices” reminds us of our innate beauty and interconnectedness.
Anne Bogart
foreword by
Anne Bogart is one of the three Co-Artistic Directors of the SITI Company, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She is a Professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Program. In addition to directing theater and opera, she is the author of six books: A Director Prepares; The Viewpoints Book; And Then, You Act; Conversations with Anne, What’s the Story and The Art of Resonance.
