Godfrey, Maddie,

How to be held / Maddie Godfrey. - 52 pages ; 21 cm.

To be held is to be embraced. Not only by the bodies or cities around you, but also by yourself. Maddie Godfrey’s debut poetry collection is an ode to resilience, vulnerability and tenderness. Using personal experiences the author explores gender politics, body positivity, trauma and self-preservation. How To Be Held aches with an intimate familiarity, like a diary entry which you cannot remember writing but still recognise yourself within. These poems are strong in the softest way.


Maddie Godfrey is an Australian-bred performance poet, writer, theatre maker and spoken word educator.

9781911570431

GBB890360 bnb


Australian poetry--21st century.


Poetry.

821.92