The Muted Muse explores the space between the creative urge and writer's block. In her first standalone chapbook of poetry, Jocelyne Smallian-Khan quiets the "lizard brain" of self-doubt, rejecting imposter syndrome, and facing the void of the blank page head on. This little collection offers a variety of poetic forms to enjoy: short poems; haiku, free verse, humorous poems, confessional poetry, and declarations of self-deprecation and self-affirmation.