Coming spring 2025 from Scribner

In the hills of Sparta, Tennessee, in the early nineties, Helen makes a drastic choice to break free from what is stifling her: marriage, motherhood, the daily duties of a small-town housewife. But in this world of community and tradition, leaving isn’t the same thing as staying gone.

Part myth retelling, part character study, Helen of Troy, 1993 is Maria Zoccola’s debut poetry collection. Poems from the book have appeared in Kenyon Review, The Sewanee Review, ZYZZYVA, Electric Literature’s The Commuter, Narrative Magazine, The Missouri Review, and elsewhere.