I first read the wonderful poet Lana Hechtman Ayers when I read her book Dance From Inside My Bones (Snake Nation Press), a book I reviewed in Concho River Review. Lana is also the author of several books and chapbooks, including What Big Teeth, a retelling of the fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood.” I love poetic works that retell myths and fairy tales, such as Gluck’s Averno and Sexton’s Transformations, and visual works, such as Miwa Yanigi’s Fairy Tale. Lana is also the editor of the annual Concrete Wolf poetry chapbook competition.

Here she is on my newest chapbook, Ghost Girl:

Laura Madeline Wiseman’s Ghost Girl chapbook collection is not for the faint of heart. These are alert, visceral works of imagination and true grit. Intelligent and sophisticated, Wiseman becomes the clear-eyed oracle for our contemporary culture. Ghost Girl is as much a metaphor for being present in our lives as it is a haunting presence in these unforgettable, sagacious poems.
—Lana Hechtman Ayers, author of A New Red

Wow. Thanks, Lana!