Little Housewolf

Medrie Purdham’s Little Housewolf delves deeply into the world of domestic miniatures, a realm where thimbles, baby teeth, push pins, keyholes, teacups, and wedding rings become meticulously realized scale models of one’s terrors and joys. Purdham uses the fine-grained signatures of her poetry-close observation, exact detail, precise sounds-not only to examine childhood and its fascination with size and scale, but also to measure herself against the larger, untamed landscapes she feels increasingly alienated from ( It is all anachronism, / grasses vintage wild ). Marked by bold emotion and arresting imagery, Little Housewolf is a brilliant debut.