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Oversight - by Lee Murray & Carina Bissett (Paperback)

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  • From Sappho to Sinéad, acclaimed poets Carina Bissett and Lee Murray parse the pages of historical writings to uncover stories lost between the lines, to lift women's voices from the margins and give them new life in a vibrant collection of sixty biographical poems that resonate with universal truth.
  • About the Author: Carina Bissett is a writer, poet, and editor working primarily in the fields of dark fiction and fabulism.
  • 305 Pages
  • Poetry, Subjects & Themes

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From Sappho to Sinéad, acclaimed poets Carina Bissett and Lee Murray parse the pages of historical writings to uncover stories lost between the lines, to lift women's voices from the margins and give them new life in a vibrant collection of sixty biographical poems that resonate with universal truth.

"From the archives of feminist history comes Oversight, a collection of part-found, part-persona poems inspired by the writing of women who have changed the world. These poems do not erase so much as they lift up the words and voices of greats like Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston, Sappho, Harriet Tubman, Frida Kahlo, and more. Carina Bissett and Lee Murray play the role of speaker, eulogist, medium, hagiographer, and spirit guide for the powerful women of the past, making their work at once accessible to the contemporary reader. Revolutionary, visionary, and incendiary, this collection is an enlightening and meaningful read." --Holly Lyn Walrath, Managing Editor of Interstellar Flight Press, author of the Bram Stoker Award-Nominated Numinous Stones.



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Carina Bissett is a writer, poet, and editor working primarily in the fields of dark fiction and fabulism. She has written numerous short stories, many of which are featured in her debut collection Dead Girl, Driving and Other Devastations (2024), and she is also a co-editor of the award-winning anthology Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas (2021). Her poetry has been nominated for the Rhysling Award, the Pushcart Prize, and Sundress Publications Best of the Net. Her nonfiction has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award(R). Links to her work can be found at http: //carinabissett.com. Lee Murray ONZM is a writer, editor, poet, essayist, and screenwriter. A New Zealand Society of Authors Honorary Literary Fellow, she is the first person of Asian descent to hold the New Zealand Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement, one of her country's most prestigious accolades. She is a five-time Bram Stoker Awards(R) winner, including for poetry for Tortured Willows (with Christina Sng, Angela Yuriko Smith, and Geneve Flynn), and was awarded the Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship and the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize for 'unique and original' vision for her debut solo poetry collection Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud, released in 2024 by The Cuba Press. Exploring Chinese women's experiences in Aotearoa, New Zealand's Poet Laureate, Chris Tse, described the collection as a "full-bodied experience". An Elgin Award runner up, and a multiple Rhysling-, Dwarf Star-, and Pushcart-nominated poet, Lee's poem "cheongsam' won her the 2021 Australian Shadows Award. Together with Lindy Ryan, she co-edited women-in-horror poetry anthology Under Her Eye, a Pixel's Project / Black Spot Books publication to eliminate violence against women. Read more at leemurray.info.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .64 Inches (D)
Weight: .78 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 305
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: Subjects & Themes
Publisher: Rize
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Lee Murray & Carina Bissett
Language: English
Street Date: March 8, 2026
TCIN: 1006570667
UPC: 9781963869798
Item Number (DPCI): 247-51-5006
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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