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BOOK REVIEW
Grit and Grace Fuel THE FOUR FACES OF EVE Anthology from Colorado-based Mad Women’s Poetry Society Poets
Due out from Golden Antelope Press in February 2025
In their award-winning¹ poetry collection, The Four Faces of Eve, four Colorado poets — Constance E. Boyle, Petra Perkins, Brooke Granville, and Gail Waldstein, all in their 70s and 80s — pull no punches as they explore the myriad dimensions of their lives.
As members of their self-named Mad Women’s Poetry Society for many years, Boyle, Perkins, Granville, and Waldstein have mastered the art of supporting each other through the trials and tribulations they’ve faced not only as mature women but as writers plumbing the depths of their often-devastating life experiences in their very personal and powerful poetry.
Each of these poets is not only prolific but widely published, and their diverse personal and professional backgrounds contribute to the varied insights they provide. While painful universal themes such as abuse, betrayal, and loss are explored throughout the pages of The Four Faces of Eve, Boyle, Perkins, Granville…
