Self-Portrait as a Sinking Ship

"Abbott drags the reader through the dark parts of life-mental illness, heartbreak-and pulls them into light." --Courtney LeBlanc, author of Beautiful & Full of Monsters

The confessional-style of Self-Portrait as a Sinking Ship explores themes of depression, anxiety, and how mental illness can impact a person's life. It also dives into how holding on to hope can pull a person through even the darkest moments of life.

Erica Abbott (she/her) is a Philadelphia-based poet and writer who has been writing for over 15 years. She is a poet and the author of Self-Portrait as a Sinking Ship, a poetry chapbook that explores themes of darkness, mental illness, hope, and survival. She is a poetry editor for Variant Literature, web editor for River Heron Review, contributor to Write or Die, and former assistant managing editor and lead poetry editor for Revolute, the literary magazine of Randolph College MFA.