My debut poetry collection, Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot has been released!
You can buy the book directly from my publisher, at Amazon, and other major retailers. And you can find it at most independent bookshops (including my beloved local Taylor Books) on the shelves or online via IndieBound. Full list of where to buy my book is here.
Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot reveals the reality of rural life with elements of the surreal. Comforts of country living are juxtaposed with poverty, domestic violence, the opioid epidemic, and environmental destruction both natural and man-made-made—including the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Derecho, the 2014 Elk River Chemical Spill/Water Crisis, and the historic 2016 WV Floods.
Foreword by CRYSTAL GOOD, author of Valley Girl, featured on TEDx, Huffington Post, and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Advanced Praise:
“There is fire and ice and brilliance in this collection by V.C. McCabe.”
– PETER HELLER, author of New York Times Bestseller The Dog Stars
“McCabe’s poems are timely in their depiction of Appalachia’s environmental devastation, and she writes movingly about hard times, but she also shows us beauty.”
– RON RASH, author of 2009 PEN/Faulkner Finalist and New York Times Bestseller Serena
“V.C. McCabe’s poems are bound to the land, by fire and flood, by vine and asphalt. This outstanding debut volume is the home that she has made for us”
– ELIZABETH CATTE, historian and author of What You are Getting Wrong About Appalachia
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