White Stag Publishing, paperback
Publication Date: February 23, 2026
Publisher Marketing:
Death Roll is a swampy, surreal song that asks readers to listen with their whole bodies as these poems shimmer with sonic experimentation, wild invention, & deep emotional resonance that thrums just below the surface. This collection is guided by an unusual relic of grief: a doll crowned with the taxidermized head of a baby alligator. Through the voice of Gator Girl, the poems explore themes of motherhood, loss, desire, & the mythologies we build to survive them.
Death Roll is a Southern Gothic, fevered lyric where origin stories have teeth, memory refuses to be still, & the line between human & creature blurs until vanishing entirely. Slip into its waters. Follow its song.
What if the word for death isn't death? What if the word for death is dollhouse or rust or honeybee or ink blot? from “Other Words for What Happens”
