The Think Piece Interview: Megan Falley

The Think Piece Interview: Megan Falley:

TP: The first line in your poem “Backhand Apology” is so striking: “I am sorry I am woman.” I’m curious when you knew that was the line that would open the book, that sentiment.

MF: I wrote that poem in a workshop led by the poet Angel Nafis, who is a genius and a literary hero. I had no idea that it would make it into Redhead and the Slaughter King at the time. When I was setting up the conceit of the book — the five chapters told in reverse chronological order — I knew I had to open with something that brought the reader into exactly where I am right now, at this moment. And that was the place. A false apology for my existence, which ends with bleeding on everything.