What, Why, How: Karrie Waarala

What?

Poems, mostly, and mostly persona poems told from the point of view of characters in and around a circus sideshow. The book version of those poems, which centers on a sword swallower and a tattooed lady and is tentatively titled Pierce & Brand’s World of Dangerous Wonders, is currently looking for a home, though it did come close this past year as a book prize finalist. The performance version, LONG GONE: A Poetry Sideshow, is a one-woman show that focuses on telling the tattooed lady’s...