Self-Portrait as Woman Who Walks Straight into the Light

Authors

Sara Henning, Marshall UniversityFollow

Abstract

how when he found me,

weeks later, he would find me like that,

an ordinary woman who could rise

in flame, all he would have to do

is come close and touch me.

—Dorianne Laux, “Fast Gas”

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Recommended Citation

Henning, Sara. "Self-Portrait as Woman Who Walks Straight into the Light." Critical Humanities 1, 1 (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.33470/2836-3140.1011