Sacred Enmity At the first globe of bloodslipping down my thigh,the Southern Baptist patriarchythrust me atop their purity pedestal.With a glance,they could check under my skirt,no more than three inchesabove my pubescent kneecaps. They passed my … Read on blog or Reader The Rising Phoenix Review Read on blog or Reader Sacred Enmity By Lorie Ann Grover The Rising Phoenix Review March 30 Sacred Enmity At the first globe of blood slipping down my thigh, the Southern Baptist patriarchy thrust me atop their purity pedestal. With a glance, they could check under my skirt, no more than three inches above my pubescent kneecaps. They passed my uterus from sweaty palm to sweaty palm, weighing its worth and honor, shoved it back up into place, and stitched my vulva closed. May hell not drip from here, they said. I wobbled on one trembling foot and pulled up my slipping knee sock. By Lorie Ann Grover Biography: Lorie Ann Grover has published poetry in children's periodicals and poetry collections, and fifteen books, spanning best-selling board books, middle grade verse novels, and YA. Her books have been named a VOYA pick, Bank Street College Best Book of the Year, Parents Magazine's 20 Best Children's Books, and a Carnegie Library Best Book. She co-founded readergirlz, which received the National Book Foundation's Innovation in Reading Prize. Lorie Ann has been a mentor for the Children's Literature Fellows Program of Stony Brook Southampton's MFA in Creative Writing and Literature. She identifies as a person with disabilities from lupus, Sjogren's, and rheumatoid arthritis. Comment

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