Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn Explores Struggles Of Motherhood And Childhood In New Book Of Poems

“Still Life with Mother and Knife” was released in paperback in 2019.

Chelsea Rathburn

Chelsea Rathburn is the Poet Laureate of Georgia. She will give a virtual reading from her latest book of poems, “Still Life with Mother and Knife,” and discuss “Voicing the Unspeakable,” as part of the Decatur Book Festival this Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Her book explores the struggles of postpartum depression, the harsh realities of childhood, and Greek mythology artwork.

Interview Highlights:

About going through her postpartum depression: