Jennifer Schomburg Kanke w/ Little Stone, Little Stone

Join us for an evening with Jennifer Schomburg Kanke as she discusses her new book, Little Stone, Little Stone, an exploration of survival and strength through beautiful poetry. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Little Stone, Little Stone is one woman’s journey in search of a metaphor other than “battling” for what it means to go through cancer treatment, some word other than “warrior” and “survivor” to say who she is. These poems embody radical honesty tempered with self-compassion while also celebrating the individual lives of celebrities who have had ovarian cancer.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jennifer Schomburg Kanke was diagnosed with ovarian cancer stage 2a in May of 2019 and went through six rounds of chemotherapy that summer. Her work has recently appeared in New Ohio Review, Pleiades, Massachusetts Review, Shenandoah and Crab Orchard Review. Her first poetry collection, The Swellest Wife Anyone Ever Had, is about an Appalachian housewife in the mid-20th century from Kelsay Books in 2024. She sporadically hosts the Meter Cute interview series on the Meter&Mayhem Substack and YouTube channel and serves as a member of the board for Anhinga Press.