Waking with the Winter

Céad míle fáilte, a hundred thousand welcomes to H A G! I’m Ali Isaac, and this email comes to you from the intersection of female senescence and Irish landscape, both mythical and natural. My book, Imperfect Bodies, will be published by Héloïse Press in the spring of 2026.

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Child of Summer

Until a couple of years ago, I always thought I was a Summer person. My body shrank from the cold, I feared the dark, and I coul...