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A striking poetic reckoning, Teratology explores the psychic existence of physical abnormality and imperfection. Susannah Nevisons poems name and reclaim, making and unmaking the body and the marvelous monsters that inhabit them.Winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry, this unique debut collection explores the psychic existences beget by physical abnormality and imperfection. Susannah Nevisons poems name and reclaim the body, making and unmaking it , portraying the marvelous monsters that we all arewhether outside or in. Unflinching and brave, Teratology marks the emergence of a highly imaginative and compassionate poetic voice.,