Books by Monica Carroll

Our humblest words hold the most power. Words do our bidding, our beckoning, our bargaining. This book is a collection of words that matter. Part poetry, D-I-Y, instruction and prayer, this book is small enough to fit in your back pocket yet big enough to fill your relationships with the sentiments that need to be spoken and heard.

Through a concise analysis of interviews with 76 poets from around the world, Dr Monica Carroll and Distinguished Professor Jen Webb investigate the context of poetic excellence. The book examines these poets’ formativemoments, the role that key individuals and institutions play in their lives, and how they locate themselves within communities. The result is a fascinating picture of the rich context within which poetic creativity takes place.

Isolation is a state of pleasing discordance. Nothing must. Not needs. Not want. It is a state of below-belly desire—not groinal, nor lustful, but where the world smacks into the mind of its own.Two friends—one in the country, one in distress—communicate throughout Monica Carroll's strangely compelling Isolator, a book of puzzles and performances, and screams in the night.