What Big Teeth: Red Riding Hood's Real Life

by Lana Hechtman Ayers, Chrysoula Artemis (Illustrator)

As you venture deep into the shadowy forest, whom do you find more alluring: the strapping, protective Huntsman...or the coiled and hungry passion of the artful Wolf? In What Big Teeth, celebrated poet Lana Hechtman Ayers reveals the true-life story of Red Riding Hood, recounting with tenderness and a new erotic candor both the anguish and hidden pleasures of straying from the well-worn path. Epic in scope but delivered with striking intimacy, the poems move us from the innocence of girlhood through the pulchritude of adolescence, the mendacities of marriage, and the transgression of infidelity. With whom will Red tango in the dark of the woods: the Huntsman or the Wolf? The answer is transcendent. What Big Teeth serves as a powerful prelude to Lana s forthcoming full-length collection, A New Red.

Jeff Gomez, CEO Starlight Runner Entertainment

Genres: Poetry

62 pages, Paperback

First published March 18, 2010

About the author

Lana Hechtman Ayers, night-owl, coffee-enthusiast, star-gazer, has authored nine poetry collections and a romantic time travel adventure, Time Flash: Another Me.

She manages several poetry presses and works as a manuscript consultant.

Lana resides in the Pacific Northwest where she enjoys the perpetual plink of rain on the roof and the sea’s steady whoosh.

She loves back & white dogs and cats. Her favorite color is the swirl of Van Gogh's Starry Night.

Reviews

[Heather Brush · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fairy tale for adults in poetic form!

[Lindi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Powerful and funny, this is an amazing take on the Little Red Riding Hood story -- Red is a tired housewife, Wolf is a cosmopolitan artist who awakens her creative spirit. Here's a sample quote: "He says clay work, / like all art / is about centering, / about allowing the moment of creation / to enter you."

Wicked good.

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

a delightful surprise around every page.