Book - Witch Wife

2016 Winner of the Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature

The AV Club, "Leslie Jamison's 10 favorite books of the decade"
The New York Times, "Best Poetry 2017"
Barnes & Noble, "25 Must-Reads for National Poetry Month"
Featured on Tracy K. Smith's “The Slowdown Show"
Vol. 1 Brooklyn, "December 2017 Book Preview"
The Millions, "Must-Read Poetry: December 2017"
Electric Literature, "7 Poetry Collections About the Complexities of Black Womanhood"
Memorious Mag, "Contributor Spotlight Bonzana"
Third Place in 2019 Elgin Awards for Speculative Poetry

The poems of Witch Wife are spells, obsessive incantations to exorcise or celebrate memory, to mourn the beloved dead, to conjure children or keep them at bay, to faithfully inhabit one’s given body. In sestinas, villanelles, hallucinogenic prose poems and free verse, Kiki Petrosino summons history’s ghosts—the ancestors that reside in her blood and craft—and sings them to life.

Named “Best Poetry of 2017” by The New York Times, Witch Wife is back in a brand new paperback edition, featuring a reader’s guide and writing prompts from the poet herself.