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My novel, Skin Hunger, is coming in 2026. In the meantime, my latest poetry books are Openwork & Limestone (2022) & Light-carved Passages (2024). Prairie-raised author of Seeking Shade (stories 2020), Tower (novella 2018) etc.
www.francesboyle.com
@francesboyle19.bsky.socialThanks so much, Jen!
@francesboyle19.bsky.socialDelighted that my Skin Hunger is among these great fall offerings from @guernicaeditions.bsky.social . I'm especially pleased that River of Dreams by my friend Robin Blackburn McBride is among them, but I am looking forward to reading them all.
@francesboyle19.bsky.socialOfficial release date for Skin Hunger is two days away! In the lead up, I'm sharing some words of advance praise I was so grateful to receive! I've known Paola Ferrante for some time as a fine writer and engaged community member. I am touched by what she's written. @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
@francesboyle19.bsky.socialI'm delighted that the wonderful @wildroofjournal.bsky.social is highlighting an excerpt from Skin Hunger, my debut novel! Officially in the world as of October 1, 2026 but available for pre-order now!
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@riverstreetwriting.bsky.socialReposted by @francesboyle19.bsky.social“Skin Hunger” is a translation of the Danish term hudsult which literally means “starved for touch”. It relates to psychologist Harry Harlow’s comfort-contact theory and his experiments with baby rhesus monkeys during the 1960s.
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@francesboyle19.bsky.socialA snapshot of where I and my @guernicaeditions.bsky.social novel, Skin Hunger, will be over the next couple of months. More details to follow (including who the wonderful folks I'll be reading with are). I'm hoping to catch up with many friends, old and new, in all these places!
@francesboyle19.bsky.socialI'm so grateful to the Access Copyright Foundation for this generous grant to continue work on a new short story collection.
@francesboyle19.bsky.socialI had fun creating a playlist for my novel, Skin Hunger, which lets me introduce my main characters and some of the other women in the book. Read on the @guernicaeditions.bsky.social blog about how I chose the songs for them, and click through to the playlist.
@francesboyle19.bsky.socialsupport @robmclennan.bsky.social ! Support @tupelopress.bsky.social and poetry and small press publishing!
