Pascale Petit is a poet. Her eighth poetry collection, Tiger Girl (Bloodaxe Books, 2020), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize and for Wales Book of the Year. Her seventh, Mama Amazonica (Bloodaxe Books, 2017), won the Laurel Prize for eco-poetry and the RSL Ondaatje Prize. She lives in Cornwall.

Written by Pascale Petit

Photo of a large spider sculpture silhouetted against a city skyline with cranes and a historic building in the background.
POETRY

A conversation with my spider Maman and Louise Bourgeois

Woman made of braided steel, monster I call Maman: why am I so scared of you? An imagined conversation with Louise Bourgeois

by Pascale Petit