"A poet at heart, and a master of the written word."
- Bay Windows
Writer, activist, Sagittarius spitfire, exiled Midwesterner, and organic mattress afficianado. http://www.peggymunson.com . My first novel, Lambda award finalist Origami Striptease, was released not long ago, and my first book of poetry, Pathogenesis, is now in print!
"Peggy Munson’s Pathogenesis is forthright and magical in its scope. The minute ascends to the monumental—moth to God; very little escapes the sharp, perceptive eye of this thoughtful poet. A sober music gives shape to the insistent pulse of this book, and each poem dovetails to highlight the collection’s overall vision. Every trope is a probe that divines vicissitude."
- Pulitzer-prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa My publications include:
Origami Striptease
"Reading Origami Striptease by Peggy Munson reminded me of the first time I read Jeanette Winterson’s Written on the Body. Like then, I wanted to read passages of Origami to everyone. Munson is a kick-ass novelist to watch out for."
- Read the Books to Watch Out For review
". . .inky, scary, dreamy folds of prose."
- Read the San Francisco Bay Guardian review
"A seductive, often raunchy fantasy of the disarming effects of love and trouble." - Curve Magazine
"Munson deftly experiments with gender, linguistics, and style." - Read the Bay Area Reporter review.
“Vividly poetic. I couldn't resist lying around my apartment all day, consuming every last bit of language that Munson laid out on the page.†– Chill Magazine
"This book reads like poetry and left me stunned with writer’s envy." - Read the Erotica Revealed review
"Munson is a stylist extraordinaire and the story she tells here will leave you wide-eyed, spent, unnerved." -Rebecca Brown
"A powerful, even mythic, tale of love and transformation." -Patrick Califia
"This is sleezily insidious writing. . . .It's a good, dirty book." - Eileen Myles
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