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August 21, 2024
First let me get it out of the way---I am biased. Jessica is my friend and sent me a copy of her lovely book.
But you know what? Even if I didn't know her, if I had just seen this amazing collage cover and title while browsing in a local bookshop, I would have picked it up. And loved it.
There's a throughline of women and nourishment---sometimes metaphorical, sometimes very literal.
Very relevant to my interests, you might say.
Being fed, being satisfied, left wanting. Feeding, literally becoming food (my friend Jessica wrote a SONNET ABOUT BREASTFEEDING! I want to shout from the rooftops!)
This collection spans from childhood through the discovery of early adulthood to motherhood, playing in many different forms. I absolutely adore the fact that some of these poems RHYME. I love the bravery and honesty of using various formal elements to tell personal and sometimes uncomfortable stories about parents, lovers, children.
A really, really fantastic book of poetry. Highly recommend.
But you know what? Even if I didn't know her, if I had just seen this amazing collage cover and title while browsing in a local bookshop, I would have picked it up. And loved it.
There's a throughline of women and nourishment---sometimes metaphorical, sometimes very literal.
Very relevant to my interests, you might say.
Being fed, being satisfied, left wanting. Feeding, literally becoming food (my friend Jessica wrote a SONNET ABOUT BREASTFEEDING! I want to shout from the rooftops!)
This collection spans from childhood through the discovery of early adulthood to motherhood, playing in many different forms. I absolutely adore the fact that some of these poems RHYME. I love the bravery and honesty of using various formal elements to tell personal and sometimes uncomfortable stories about parents, lovers, children.
A really, really fantastic book of poetry. Highly recommend.
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