Official Release Date April 18, 2023
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In the small hours and endless days of parenthood, time becomes something strange; elastic, compact, infinite. Little things, tiny moments, acquire a peculiar duality of the sacred and the mundane. It’s the fleeting preciousness of these moments which can also feel chaotic that Katy Naylor captures in her delicate chapbook, Stovetop Ghosts.
What People Are Saying:
“In Stovetop Ghosts, Katy Naylor captures the elusive presence we all search for in our day-to-day chaos. This collection of poetry is one you will wear out returning to for a glimpse. Whether you are in the thick of life with family and career, well past it, or haven’t even started, this book of hours reads as a meditation on what is important in life. Those little things; the painful and the joyous, the frivolous and the critical are revealed through Katy’s stunning language and surprising insights. Katy holds her words and world in front of her, so transparent you can see through them and into your own.”
—Kellie Scott-Reed, AEIC, Roi Faineant Press
“Katy Naylor’s Stovetop Ghosts prays with parents everywhere, but the collection isn’t just for parents or followers of a certain faith. Naylor explores what it means to be human through this collection of poems, which are accompanied by artwork by Emma Levin. She sees all the perfect imperfections, the anxiety and the mindsets etched by words of others and how we are shaped as much by shattered mugs as by the warming sun. Katy’s collection beams with an authentic voice and an authority on the topic, but the poems resonate and ripple outward allowing for deep and varied thought and interpretation. The collection sings with personality and life, lingering long after stoves are scrapped and ghosts are quiet.”
—Matthew McGuirk, author of Oil Stains Like Rorschachs
“Katy Naylor’s Stovetop Ghosts is a collection of prayers – the kind of prayers you tuck away in the corners of your house to keep the ghosts away and keep the firelight in. Domestic and ethereal, nostalgic yet immediate, these pieces resonate in their familiarity even as Naylor weaves words in ways uncanny and strange. Read as if in a dream and chase those shadows you’d like to keep as Naylor whispers in your ear – it’s a fine way to spend an afternoon.”
—Arden Hunter, EIC of Cutbow Quarterly
Official Release Date April 18, 2023
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USD$10 plus shipping