Insecurity System
Sara Wainscott

Winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize

Sappho meets Springsteen in Insecurity System, a wry exploration of memory, motherhood, interdimensional time–travel, and the precarious future. Propelled by existential longing, these poems cycle between tenderness and rage, desire and despair, tracking the intertwined anxieties of making a living and making a life.

“…the sonnet is made new—revitalized by the restless brilliance of Wainscott’s mind and music.”
—Shane McCrae

“This work is a masterclass, not only in poem-craft, but in all kinds of ecstatic creation.”
—Kiki Petrosino

Sara Wainscott received her MFA in poetry from the University of Washington. She is the author of a chapbook, Queen of the Moon. She lives outside of Chicago.

Trade Paperback / $15.95 (Can $21.50) / ISBN 978-0-89255-504-8 / 88 pages / Poetry