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About the book
I’VE NAMED THE GODDAMNED RAVENS is the debut poetry collection from MFA graduate Irene Loy. The poems encapsulate Irene’s experience not only during the pandemic but an already isolated life in New Mexico. Feelings of limbo, unraveling, and lack of contact are explored.
Irene Loy’s work has appeared in a variety of literary and poetry magazines. She is also the author of more than a dozen plays.
I’ve Named the Goddamned Ravens is now available in sturdy paperback format, and available at major booksellers nationwide.
Product Details
| Publisher | Common Meter Press |
| Publication Date | July 16, 2023 |
| Pages | 32 |
| Dimensions | 5.5″ x 8.5″ x .25″ |
| Genres | Poetry – memoir Poetry – spiritual Poetry – pandemic |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 979-8-9882494-0-5 |
Irene Loy weaves raw, unrequited tenderness for place and person into these intimate poems of longing and loss, of braided roots and roots torn up. At heart is the question of how and where to love, and how one should be loved. Images of nature, solitude, rivers, stones, and alchemy conspire, suggesting something of Plath or O’Keeffe in the deserts of the southwest, and invoking Cixous in an écriture féminine that is both introspective and resolute.
– James Reich, Author of The Moth of the Star
About Irene
Irene is a nonprofit professional, writer, and improvisor living in Salt Lake City. She holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from the University of New Mexico and an MA in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Indiana University-Bloomington. She is currently a PhD Candidate in Creative Research with Transart Institute/Liverpool John Moores University via a low-residency doctoral program. Her studies focus on developing a feminist theory of humor from embodied practice in taking ourselves less seriously.
She has written over a dozen plays, countless poems, and plenty of creative nonfiction. Since 2016, she has been practicing improvisation and applied improv in everyday life. Her first poetry chapbook, I’VE NAMED THE GODDAMNED RAVENS, was published by Common Meter Press in July 2023. She is excited for what is next!