Description: With Paper for Feet is themed and narrative, drawing together Jennifer A. McGowan's poetry of myth and folktale, and the frailties - human and otherwise - behind them. Jennifer explores many voices including the women of Troy & many of Shakespeare's characters, as well as poems based in other cultures including France, Africa & China.
Review Quotes:
"McGowan's varied talents play throughout this collection - her love of story, music and rhythm, visual precision and a slant way of hiding pain so that it roars to the front of our attention . . . This is well-imagined storytelling, intriguing and well-paced, always with a distinctively generous poetic voice. A challenging and rewarding read." - Rosie Johnson in The London Grip (http: //londongrip.co.uk/2017/12/london-grip-poetry-review-mcgowan/)
"McGowan combines folklore, myth, and history with a modern poet's vision. The view is supportive of women's role in history and told from a modern woman's view which is something throughout history that has been missing. A well done and thought-provoking collection of poetry." - Joseph Spuckler (https: //evilcyclist.wordpress.com/2017/02/16/poetry-review-with-paper-for-feet/)
"There's a ribald, troubadour quality to McGowan's poetry that reminded me strongly of the medieval French poet Francois Villon . . . She retells traditional stories in a clear, conversational tone containing a generous dose of satire and wry humour. It's a book that makes you smile.
Her clever, punchy, highly accessible writing has immediacy that I can imagine working very well as performance poetry . . . The voices in McGowan's verse are lively and compelling." - Colin Pink in Poetry Salzburg Review no 31 Autumn 2017.