In Every Seam is the third book of poems from Allison Joseph, whose previous collections are What Keeps Us Here and Soul Train. Joseph's poems are vivid recreations of a city girlhood, one full of energy and vitality, sometimes even brutality. Her poems recall all the wonders and terrors of neighborhood bullies, school braggarts, demanding teachers and wary students. Her poems pulse with the rhythms of childhood games and taunts, the song-stories of the streets. These poems document the difficult, sometimes embarrassing, sometimes hilarious passage from girl to woman.
- ISBN10 0822939576
- ISBN13 9780822939573
- Publish Date 1 April 1997 (first published 6 March 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 June 2021
- Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
- Format Hardcover
- Language English