Diamond Forde reveals the genesis of ‘The Book of Alice’

Diamond Forde is the award-winning author of “The Book of Alice.” Her debut collection, “Mother Body,” won the 2019 Saturnalia Poetry Prize, and her work has appeared in Poetry magazine, Boston Review, Great River Review and elsewhere. An assistant professor at North Carolina State University, Forde holds an MFA from the University of Alabama and a PhD in creative writing from Florida State University.

Q. Please tell readers about your new book.

“The Book of Alice” is my attempt...