And When She Tasted of Knowledge

<p>In her tenth poetry collection Allie Marini explores the stories of women in religion and mythology who challenged the roles and expectations given them by patriarchal society.</p><p><br></p><p>Allie Marini's poems are tiny offerings that leave me wanting more. The women that inhabit these poems wear masks which become the mirrors we hold up to ourselves. Marini's 'true face' is that she can wear them all the ones that 'steal fire' and the ones that 'suffer.'</p><p>--J. Bruce Fuller author of Flood (Swan Scythe Press 2013) and editor of Yellow Flag Press.</p><p>Poetry. California Interest. Women's Studies.</p>