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Dresses, Black Mirror, Exquisite Corpses, and Witches, Too: My Interview with Juliette van der Molen

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Hello, Everyone! I'm continuing my author interviews with the highly creative and talented Juliette van der Molen today, whose latest poetry installment of Anatomy of a Dress was so good that I felt the need to tell you all about it. Anatomy of a Dress I'd never thought about the connotations of the question "What will you wear today?" Until I read this book, but now it's been on my mind lately. I used to plan my in-ring days around this question because so much of how the day went would be determined by my appearance (or so I thought). I used to meticulously plan my ring gear for the show's performances, down to the color of the nail polish and the bows in my hair. Sometimes my planning had to commence days before the show even took place and I would have to specially order items and outfits months in advance. I was obsessively committed to having all of the details right for what I looked like in the ring (and that was just my outfit! Don't ge