On the Making of a Bitch & Other Siren Songs

 Part of the story of the bitch is embedded in the story of the siren. Interpretations and definitions of what they both are generally stem from one root cause-- a male-dominated society's attempt to malign women who do not follow societal mores that constrict female sexuality. Given this common origin, it is not difficult to imagine so-called bitches singing along with their mythical siren sisters of their shared experiences, their shared stories. In this poetry collection, the sirens of ancient Greek mythology have been given a different (perhaps truer) voice that challenges their reputation as a "dangerous temptress". In this new altered guise, these mythical creatures of fantasy step away from the persona created for them by male writers of antiquity and begin to tell their own stories-- singing songs that evoke the human spirit at its highest, its lowest, and somewhere in between.