Vultures is about womanhood, about dirt and queerness and heartbreak and love and a dark lake at night. It’s about a girl, a god, and a glow in the dark statue of the virgin Mary with a busted nose. It's a gritty celebration of queer love. It’s about religious shame, loss and redemption. A story of girls gone missing at the marsh, and finding themselves at the bottom of it.
as a kid i had a "how to write" book gifted to me, and one of the tips i'll always remember is "a list can be a poem". never more applicable than in this collection!
literally consumed this in one sitting, laying next to my mum in her bed, thinking to myself about how much i loved this. gothic, radical, and absolutely dirty (positive).
There is something so personal yet universal when it comes to this book. Capturing such a muddy part of the experience of queer-femme experience, this is truly a read I will be coming back to many times.