Yellow Arrow Publishing is thrilled to introduce Yellow Arrow author Ann Weil and the cover of her soon-to-be-released chapbook, Lifecycle of a Beautiful Woman. Reserve your copy today (wholesale copies are also available for a discount)—Lifecycle of a Beautiful Woman will be released April 11, 2023.
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Ann wanted the cover “to reflect the content of the book, which is definitely about womanhood, about beauty, about life, loss, love. But I also [wanted the cover to] be very indicative of the style of poetry that I tend to gravitate towards which is quirky. I like to have fun—I don’t like to take life too seriously.”
This incredible chapbook dives head first into a life lived to its fullest, exploring both small and large moments, deftly demonstrating how our experiences and memories create who we were, who we are, and who we will be. From bedroom closet to funky island town, from salsa lessons to riding out a hurricane, Ann weaves us through painful and joyful personal learning moments, using her poetry to tell her powerful and reflective story. Ann compels us to consider our own moments, our own secrets, our own beautify, reminding us that “We aren’t meant to sleep through a tread-water life.”
Ann writes at her home on the corner of Stratford and Avon in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and on a deck boat at Snipe’s Point Sandbar off Key West, Florida. Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net and appears in more than 45 journals and anthologies including Crab Creek Review, Bacopa Literary Review, Whale Road Review, Shooter Literary Magazine, Eastern Iowa Review, and DMQ Review. Ann earned her doctorate at the University of Michigan and is a former special education teacher and professor of education.
Through this collection, Ann conveys that it is possible to survey multiple facets of oneself to find beauty within. Whether reflecting on womanhood, exploring the pain of loss, the complexities of marriage, the intimacies of friendship, the unspoken truths about pleasure, or the desire to love a body as one ages, she tells us that no matter what, we are more than okay as is. In a sense, Lifecycle of a Beautiful Woman is a love letter from Ann to every woman out there as well as to herself.
You can learn more about Ann in a recent conversation between her and Vignette Managing Editor Siobhan McKenna by visiting yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/grace-humor-interview-ann-weil. Read more of Ann’s poetry at annweilpoetry.com and visit her on Instagram @annweilpoetry.
Preorder Lifecycle of a Beautiful Woman today.