Bullets in the Jewelry Box - Paperback

by Diane Kistner (Editor), Amy Riddell (Author)

In her first full-length volume of poetry, Amy Riddell has given us a true crime story, that of her Bluebeard-like father who went to prison for trying to murder his wife. From her attempts to understand her father's odd brutalities (and love) to her own hard-won transcendence later in life, these poems offer tacit touchstones to healing what is wounded in all of us.

Author Biography

Amy Riddell's poems have appeared in journals such as Prairie Schooner, Blue Fifth Review, Prick of the Spindle, Birmingham Poetry Review, and Chicken Piñata. Her chapbook Narcissistic Injury was published in 2009 by Pudding House. She lives with her husband and daughter in northwest Florida, where she teaches English at Northwest Florida State College. Bullets in the Jewelry Box is her first full-length volume of poetry.