The Museum of Unnatural Histories by Annie Wenstrup Charlie Baylis Each poem requires a different

Each poem requires a different metre

Pope knows how to work form to the max

while navigating a labyrinthine America that conjures its young into monsters

that see her playing with genre to explore the nature of female creativity

Themes of loss

The Museum of Unnatural Histories by Annie Wenstrup Charlie Baylis Each poem requires a differentThis extraordinary debut poetry collection by Dena'ina poet Annie Wenstrup delicately parses personal history in the space of an imagined museum. Outside the museum, Ggugguyni (the Dena'ina Raven) and The Museum Curator collect discarded French fries, earrings, and secretsor as the curator explains, together they curate moments of cataclysm. Inside the museum, their collection is displayed in installations that depict the imagined Indigenous body.