The Fire Eater and the Bearded Lady

In the poetry chapbook, The Fire Eater and the Bearded Lady, the reader is invited into the world of an old-time circus/sideshow. Each poem is in the persona and voice of various circus performers, both human and animal, employees, and spectators—who are also complicit in the acts they see. From roustabout to elephant, lion tamer to clown, the circus exposes us all.