Combining extensive research into sexual violence with the author's personal experiences as a feminist activist, Girl Trouble provides a generational perspective on healing from trauma....

Combining extensive research into sexual violence with the author's personal experiences as a feminist activist, Girl Trouble provides a generational perspective on healing from trauma.

"Stop trying to write something beautiful / and write something true." Girl Trouble is an excavation of female adolescence, a brazen journey through rape culture from the '80s to #MeToo. Diana Whitney's earthy poems spill secrets, make trouble, reckon with stories of desire and harm, and explore the agency and oppression of women and girls. Deeply rooted in the natural world, Girl Trouble grieves the planet's degradation while celebrating queerness and seeking healing for the next generation. By the end of the collection, a myriad of voices builds to a full-throated roar. This is a book for survivors and advocates, for mothers and daughters, for anyone moving through trauma with resilience.


Author: Diana Whitney
Publisher: CavanKerry Press
Published: 04/07/2026
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781960327192

About the Author
Diana Whitney is a queer writer and educator embracing a fierce belief in the power of poetry as a means of connection to self and others. She is the editor of the bestselling anthology You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves, winner of the Claudia Lewis Award, and the author of two full-length poetry collections, Wanting It and Dark Beds. An advocate for survivors of sexual violence in her Vermont hometown and beyond, Diana works as a community organizer for a rural LGBTQ+ nonprofit.