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Natalie Tombasco

Natalie Louise Tombasco is a poet from Staten Island, NY. She is an Editor of Divedapper Poetry and an Assistant Teaching Professor of English at the University of Tampa. She holds an MFA from Butler University and a PhD in creative writing from Florida State University. Her debut collection, MILK FOR GALL, was the winner of the 2023 Michael Waters Poetry Prize (Southern Indiana Review Press). It was named a finalist for the 2024 Big Other Book Award and the 2025 Midwest Book Award. Recent work can be found in Poetry Magazine, Best New Poets, Verse Daily, Gulf Coast, Black Warrior Review, Diode Poetry Journal, Copper Nickel, and The Cincinnati Review, among others. Find out more at www.natalielouisetombasco.com
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    The Taxonomy of Girlhood: Review of Susan L. Leary’s “More Flowers”

    More Flowers interrogates how patriarchal authority persists even in its absence, transmitted through maternal caretaking rather than overt dominance. While an authoritative male figure is not present, the mother still governs by his rule, passing down restrictive and traditional expectations…