Hive [Paperback]

Hiveis a remarkable debut collection of poems about brutality, exaltation, rebellion, and allegiance. Written in the voice of a teenage Mormon girl, these poems chronicle an inheritance of daily violence and closely guarded secrets. A conflicting cast of recurring characters—best friends, sisters, serial killers, and the ominous Elders—move through these poems as the speaker begins to struggle with the widening gulf between her impulse toward faith and her growing doubts about the people who claim to know God’s will. Ultimately she must confront what it means to believe and what it costs to save ourselves.

Winner, Poetry, Association for Mormon Letters Awards

Finalist, da Vinci Eye Book Design Award

Finalist, Washington State Book Award for Poetry, Washington Center for the Book

Hiveis a remarkable debut collection of poems about brutality, exaltation, rebellion, and allegiance. Written in the voice of a teenage Mormon girl, these poems wrestle with the widening gulf between her impulse toward faith and her growing doubts about the people who claim to know Gods will.?

Hiveis a joyride in a fast car that sometimes gets pulled over by a man in a suit with a Bible in his hand. Read these poems and youll know what Im talking about!Lucia Perillo, Brittingham Prize judge

Hiveinvestigates the intersections of religion, race, class, and sexuality with grace and knowing. This is a revisiting of a Pacific Northwest that we often forget in our rush toward nostalgiawhile the world was busy lauding the grunge scene, women went missing in the woods, and children died in the streets. Stoddards exquisite craft never forgets the errand: she raises the dead and offers full tribute and salve for those of us who have survived it.TJ Jarrett, author ofAint No Grave

Christina Stoddards stunning first collection begins in ruil“(