Diane Arbus Goes Shopping: Poems by Eve Wood

Description

A poem. A painting. And history turned delightfully inside out.

In  conjures a wildly imaginative collection that blends poetry, epistolary fiction, and visual art into a darkly humorous and deeply inventive experience. Spanning four interconnected sections, the book invites readers into a surreal conversation with artists, historical figures, and cultural icons—where wit, desire, and absurdity collide.

What might Jackson Pollock have said in his final moments? What secrets did the wives of Henry VIII share behind closed doors? And what if the coded letters between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West could be reimagined, refracted, and revealed anew?

Wood plays gleefully with these questions, bending time and narrative to uncover unexpected emotional truths. Her work is at once lustful, irreverent, and insightful—pulling wisdom from unlikely places, even beneath Abraham Lincoln’s iconic hat.

Accompanied by a rich selection of the author’s own drawings and paintings from a thirty-year archive, the collection becomes a visual as well as literary journey. Each page offers a new layer of meaning, blending image and text into a cohesive and captivating whole.

Sharp, surreal, and often laugh-out-loud funny, Diane Arbus Goes Shopping transforms history into something fluid and alive—inviting readers to see the past reflected through a distinctly modern, queer, and artistic lens.

Book Details
Author: Eve Wood
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: April 7, 2026
ISBN: 1954600690