Ready for the World
Ready for the World by Becca Klaver, published by Black Lawrence Press in 2020, is a collection of poetry that spans 87 pages. This edition presents a unique blend of poems, spells, performance scripts, and feminist fairytales, drawing inspiration from tarot, astrology, and feminist artist traditions. Klaver explores the complexities of preparing for the world as a girl, questioning the possibility of returning to a previous state while engaging with themes of femininity and resistance against patriarchy.
Readers will find that the work reflects Klaver’s experiences in feminist writing, performance, and activism, particularly through her involvement in various collaborative projects. The book delves into how alternative practices and communities can challenge oppressive power structures, emphasizing the importance of magic, play, and friendship in artmaking. With its focus on body, mind, and spirit, as well as witchcraft and women’s studies, Ready for the World invites exploration of new ways of being and knowing in contemporary society.
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Poetry. Women’s Studies. What does it take for a girl to get ready for the world, and is it ever possible to go back? READY FOR THE WORLD is a book of poems, spells, performance scripts, and feminist fairytales that derives its magic from tarot and astrology, feminist artist foremothers, and virtual and IRL covens. In her update of the lyric “I” for the digital age, Klaver claims for poetry the trivialized tones of femininity, unwilling to give up on the possibility of an outside to patriarchy as she loops around in cyclical time to access a spirit of magic, play, friendship, and artmaking. Written in the years Klaver was collaborating on feminist writing, performance, ritual, and activism in person and online in the form of the (G)IRL writing group, The Real Housewives of Bohemia podcast, the Women Poets Wearing Sweatpants website, the Anti-Surveillance Feminist Poet Hair & Makeup Party roving mob, and the Enough Is Enough proto-#MeToo activist collective, READY FOR THE WORLD explores how alternative practices and communities can resist destructive forms of power and conjure other ways of being and knowing.
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