In poems of wit and attitude; in language that is sensual, fresh, and unabashed, Julie Moulds goes forth, tilting with real windmills. In The Woman with a Cubed Head, Moulds summons up an exotic band of kindered spirits to accompany her an she engages the forces of darkness. Here are the loves of her life, from Mary, Mother of God, to Baba Yaga the evil Russian witch. More like Monty Python's Flying Circus that the Knights of the round table, here assembled are characters from folk tales, myth, Moulds' favourite child books, icons of her Catholic upbringing as well as her personae, Iva with steel-toed boots on, and the indefatigable Dog.
JULIE MOULDS grew up in North Muskegon, and earned her B.A. at Hope College. She taught Children's Literature at several colleges and taught Creative Writing to children. After a sixteen-year battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Julie passed away in 2008. A woman of extraordinary talent and impossible positivity, Julie's poetry reflected her ability to be both brutally honest and yet find the fantasy and beauty in every situation.