She Returns to the Floating World

She Returns to the Floating World is a book of poetry that was written by Jeannine Hall Gailey and published by Kitsune Books in 2011. This collection, Gailey's second, deals with feminine transformations in the personae of characters from Japanese folk tales, anime, and manga.

She Returns to the Floating World

Author	Jeannine Hall Gailey
Cover artist	Rene Lynch
Language	English
Genre	Poetry
Publisher	Kitsune Books
Publication date	July 1, 2011
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	132 pp
ISBN	978-0-9827409-2-7

Poems from the book were featured in Verse Daily,^[1] and the haiku "august sky..." won an Honorable Mention in the 12th Mainichi Haiku Contest (2008).^[2]

Reviews

Critical reviews of She Returns to the Floating World have appeared in the following literary publications:

• Barn Owl Review^[3]
• The California Journal of Poetics^[4]
• Mid-American Review^[5]
• Midwest Book Review^[6]
• New Madrid Journal^[7]
• The Rumpus^[8]
• Southern Humanities Review^[9]
• The US Review of Books^[10]
• Web Del Sol Review of Books^[11]