The Doors of the Body Author:Mary Alexandra Agner Mary Alexandra Agner's The Doors of the Body travels through ancient Greek mythology to more recent folk tales to ascertain and exclaim in the vatic, sometimes fierce voices of women: Athena, Gretel, Sleeping Beauty and even darling Clementine. Poems like "Sweets" and "Oh My Darling" reveal the dark underbelly of our well-loved tales, in a world... more » where Sleeping Beauty escapes her fate - while others are not so lucky. Her musical writing, in poems both free and formal, lends a melancholy grace to the pageant of famous dead women.« less