BODY OF WATER

by Alexis Wolf

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Set between the public outdoor pools of the UK and the mountain lakes of the Pacific Northwest, Body of Water is a brilliant series of essays where swimming is a central focus (Wolf has referred to it as “the swimming book,”), but the actual about is wide ranging and utterly compelling.

Whether she's plunging into frigid water on her wedding day or considering ecological collapse while swimming through wildfire smoke, creating her own mikvah or dealing with chronic illness, Wolf's journey in Body of Water makes you appreciate all the beauty and difficulty of being in a human body on earth.

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Alexis Wolf is the author of the long-running Ilse Content zine, which was anthologized as a book in 2012. She has an MA in Creative Non-Fiction and a PhD in English & Humanities. She lives in the UK, where she teaches and researches women’s literary history. This is her first chapbook.