A review by crunden
Uncanny Magazine Issue 8: January/February 2016 by Michael Damian Thomas, Lynne M. Thomas, Michi Trota

4.0

'tended, tangled, and veined' by Kayla Whaley was beautifully intense and raw. It's a story in a poem and I love the imagery Whaley uses!

she practiced her girlhood with heat–stricken hair, sheared nails, scrubbed skin.
she baptized herself with fat wrung from beans and battered into butter.
she oiled her joints with poise,
scented her flesh with propriety,
and clothed herself in performance.
she practiced girlhood,
but she never quite perfected it.

I thoroughly recommend this poem and I can't wait to read the rest of this issue. Some seriously good writing here. Read it for yourself here.