A More Perfect Woman: On Anna Rollins’ “Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl”

Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl by Anna RollinsWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2025Review by Alyssa Witbeck:: Anna Rollins, in her debut memoir Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl, writes about the lure of becoming a “more perfect woman” through controlling her body. The crux… Continue reading A More Perfect Woman: On Anna Rollins’ “Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl”

Snowshoe Hare

by Laura A. Ring I was reckless as a child.No sky too wide. Traipsedalong the ridgeline in full sun.Deer trails. Clearings. Never shiedfrom wing or foot fall.I lingeredat the fox’s musk-red burrow.The horned owl’s roost. I wanted to be seen.To be someone’sdesperate luck.To see the worldthrough tender feathersI collected in my travels.Black of corvid.Gray of… Continue reading Snowshoe Hare