The newest collection of haunting, magical poems by Francesca Lia Block, author of Fairy Tales in Electri-City , draws on myth and fable to explore the roles women play in many archetypal stories- and gives voice to these female characters, to let them tell their tales in their own words. "Wasn\'t it pervert Edgar Allen Poe who said, \'The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world?\' Francesca Lia Block\'s book Dead Girls begs to.
The newest collection of haunting, magical poems by Francesca Lia Block, author of Fairy Tales in Electri-City , draws on myth and fable to explore the roles women play in many archetypal stories- and gives voice to these female characters, to let them tell their tales in their own words
