Department of English, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Abstract
Included in an exhibit of gynecological textbooks, art books, artifacts and photographs on the history of the female body presented in conjunction with the Haunting Histories of the Female Body Symposium held on November 17, 2006Karen Head is the author of Sassing (WordTech Press, forthcoming) and Shadow Boxes (All Nations Press, 2003. Her poetry has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies. She is the Graduate Communication Coordinator in the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, as well as the Special Advisor to the Writing & Communication Program in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture, at Georgia Tech.Artist Statement: In the tradition of many contemporary female poets, these poems reflect an attempt to "give voice" to some of the historically marginalized or silenced issues and concerns of women
