Taking a Walk in My Animal Hat: Poems

Taking A Walk in My Animal Hat is a tapestry of exquisite poems, phrases and lines that stun, rejuvenate, and have, as Audre Lord hungers for,� the potential to 'set us free.'� These poems are for those of us weary of what Adrienne Rich terms the �atrophy of our power to imagine other ways of navigating into our collective future.� Charlene Fix�s collection is the antidote to that atrophy. It is a call to don the �animal hat," to �manifest the state or aspiration of the soul.� One poem after another takes us there, always surprisingly�.The poetry is knowledgeable, wise, whimsical, challenging, loving, and draws from a wide repertoire � paintings, farms, porches, family, the marketplace, loss, life. This collection is a foundation for recovery, for restoration, for inspiration. -Anna Soter, is Professor Emerita at The Ohio State University, author of Breathing Spaces.