"Too Many Emotions and No Tranquility" — Jessica E. Johnson Tells the Story of Mettlework

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In this episode, Jessica E. Johnson tells the story of Mettlework. Along the way she covers: 
Agent troubles 

Her poetry collection Metabolics

A need for more poetry about motherhood

Connections between form, content, and 'material conditions of creation'  in her work 

Gathering your mentor texts 

The inheritance of motherhood and the self-sacrificing mother myth

Mary Ardery's review of her book 

Emma Copley Eisenberg and Housemates

Learn more about Jessica here 

Buy Mettlework here