STORIES FOR WHEN THE WOLVES ARRIVE
​Hailey Spencer

Stories for When the Wolves Arrive is both an academic and psychological exploration into the deeper themes behind our best-known folklore. This poetry collection examines feminism, anti-capitalism, trauma, and healing within this framework and leaves no stone from the path unturned.  

"Hailey Spencer’s remarkable debut shows us what fairytales are made of. Both butcher and baker, Spencer strips the flesh of wordplay from the bones of motif and archetype, kneads rhyme until elastic, and feeds the snake of metaphor to itself. Stories For When The Wolves Arrive is recursive, like trauma, and glorious, like recovery. You’ll want to follow this breadcrumb trail to the end."
—Sonya Vatomsky, author of Salt is for Curing

134 pages | A5  5.83 x 8.27 in. | 2022
ISBN-13: 978-1-958600-00-9 (paperback)
$15
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Hailey Spencer is, in the words of her wife Elizabeth, an absolute cloud of a girl. She is obsessed with fairy tales and has an equally passionate rivalry with ants. She lives and writes in Seattle. For more on Hailey and her work, visit haileyspencerwrites.com
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