Kicking and Screaming, by Abigail Taber

Poetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Kicking and Screaming is the combination of the rage a college-aged woman feels. Navigating through loss, grief, love, and resentment, Abigail Taber’s poetry dives headlong into the reality of going through life as a 20-year-old girl. It takes you on a journey inside a girl’s battle with depression, relationships, and validation. Coming from a deep well of emotion, this collection of poems radiates feeling outwards. With sharp images, unique formatting, and dripping emotions, Abigail takes the reader inside her mind—dark, blurry images and all. Abigail Taber is a student, reader, and poet with vibrant pink hair. At St. Bonaventure University, she is studying English, Literary Publishing, and Women’s Studies. You can find her all around her small liberal arts campus, as the Editor-in-Chief of the oldest literary magazine in the nation, the president of College Democrats, and a writing tutor. Beyond academics, Abigail is a lover of literature, cats, and classical music. As a Buffalo, New York native, she hopes to embody the city-of-good-neighbors’ attitude everywhere she goes.