Pelt

by Daphne Gottlieb

Book by Gottlieb, Daphne

Genres: Poetry

75 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Daphne Gottlieb is a San Francisco-based Performance Poet.

Gottlieb has served as the poetry editor of the online queer literary magazine Lodestar Quarterly and was a co-organizer of ForWord Girls, a first spoken word festival for anyone who is, has been or will be a girl, which was held in September 2002.

She has taught at New College of California, and has also performed and taught creative writing workshops around the country, from high schools and colleges to community centers. She received her MFA from Mills College.

Photo by Marlo Gayle

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful writing. I am rating it 3 stars in relation to her later work, "Why Things Burn", which I gave 4. Some of these poems stick in my head, popping up a line here and a phrase there throughout the day, often months after a reading.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

At times disturbing, at times arousing, I loved this first work of Gottlieb's.

With thanks to LH for allowing me to raid her bookshelf for this one.

[Lisa M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sealey Challenge 2023 book one. I decided to start with one of the first poets I fell in love with. I had to purchase this book on Ebay and I was excited, it's probably been on my to-read-list for years! I found the opening poems to be heavy-handed in a way that lessened the effectiveness. I also felt some of these poems did not need to be included in the manuscript. But it's when we reach the middle of the manuscript, when the dead animals start to manifest and the sexual horror--that's where I see the Gottlieb I fell in love with, the Gottlieb who went on to sharpen her voice. She is an incredible writer and when I have the money I am definitely ordering her latest book!