What If What's Imagined Were All True by Roz Kaveney

We are all Orpheus. We try to get back loves we lost. We fight our way through Hell,singing to our regrets. We might as wellaccept that love is done, and just forget because it is the act of looking backthat loses things. From “Orpheus”   Magic, aliens, nightmares, and dreams are among the many muses that have inspired Roz Kaveney’s poetry. What If What’s Imagined Were All True brings together a sampling of her poems with mythical, fantastical or science fictional concerns, and also features two sonnet sequences: one retelling the Orpheus legend and one exploring the worlds of Steampunk. Roz Kaveney is a middle-aged trans woman living and working in London as a writer, critic, and activist. A regular contributor to The Independent, The Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement, she is the author of many books on popular culture, including Reading the Vampire Slayer, Teen Dreams: Reading Teen Film and Television from ‘Heathers’ to ‘Veronica Mars’, Superheroes! Capes and Crusade