Head of a Gorgon

<p>Head of a Gorgon is a narrative in poems that reimagines the myth of Medusa transporting this ancient tale of sexual violence into contemporary times and examining it through a survivor-centric feminist lens. Via persona poems that enable readers to hear this story primarily and directly from a protagonist often sidelined or silenced in other tellings this devastating collection brings the visceral physical and psychological experiences and effects of sexual trauma out of the shadows and into the spotlight revealing a path along which survivors might reimagine themselves within the societal structures that work against them. </p>