The Witch Tells the Story and Makes It True: Poems

Revisiting the forest Hansel and Gretel stumble into The Witch Tells the Story and Makes It True drifts between narrative and incantation as the witch claims her spot at the center of the tale we know by heart--the ravenous witch the precocious children. And yet If theres a hero in this story she declares I tell you its me. In an exploration of power gender and the nature of evil this singularly monstrous woman recounts her origins and recasts her end.