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moon moon
- GenresPoetry
66 pages, Paperback
Published May 20, 2025
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July Westhale
12 books8 followers"writer, archivist, femme shark"
July Westhale is a poet and essayist living in Oakland, CA. She is the author of Trailer Trash (winner of the 2016 Kore Press Book Award), The Cavalcade (Finishing Line Press), and Occasionally Accurate Science (Nomadic Press). Her poems are published in numerous journals, magazines, and anthologies.
A small town California native, her work deals primarily with broken landscapes, and the intersections between personal narrative and collective consciousness. She writes extensively about class and trauma, in both her poetry and her prose.
Her nonfiction has appeared in the Huffington Post, Autostraddle, and The Establishment, and has been nominated for Best American Essays. She is indebted to the Vermont Studio Center, the Tom and Evelyn Newbury Grant, the Raveel Grant, Dickinson House, Sewanee, and the Lambda Literary Foundation for their generous support of her work.
When she’s not writing, she teaches Creative Writing, History, and English at Cogswell College. In addition, she works in reproductive health as an educator and patient advocate.
She has an MFA in Poetry from Lesley University.
July Westhale is a poet and essayist living in Oakland, CA. She is the author of Trailer Trash (winner of the 2016 Kore Press Book Award), The Cavalcade (Finishing Line Press), and Occasionally Accurate Science (Nomadic Press). Her poems are published in numerous journals, magazines, and anthologies.
A small town California native, her work deals primarily with broken landscapes, and the intersections between personal narrative and collective consciousness. She writes extensively about class and trauma, in both her poetry and her prose.
Her nonfiction has appeared in the Huffington Post, Autostraddle, and The Establishment, and has been nominated for Best American Essays. She is indebted to the Vermont Studio Center, the Tom and Evelyn Newbury Grant, the Raveel Grant, Dickinson House, Sewanee, and the Lambda Literary Foundation for their generous support of her work.
When she’s not writing, she teaches Creative Writing, History, and English at Cogswell College. In addition, she works in reproductive health as an educator and patient advocate.
She has an MFA in Poetry from Lesley University.
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April 25, 2025
This ARC was provided by Edelweiss and Black Lawrence Press, but my review remains completely honest without external influence.
Westhale's new thematic concept was adopted in a very interesting format. At first glance, the cover for moon moon was minimal and cute with a summary that briefed a three-part epic on eco-grief, space and heroes. I had a tough time trying to comprehend the provocative storytelling woven in the stanzas, and it wasn't until the later half of Part II that I started making the breakthrough.
This will require another sit-down to re-read. At this time, my favourite poem would be "in which the heroes become the antagonists".
Westhale's new thematic concept was adopted in a very interesting format. At first glance, the cover for moon moon was minimal and cute with a summary that briefed a three-part epic on eco-grief, space and heroes. I had a tough time trying to comprehend the provocative storytelling woven in the stanzas, and it wasn't until the later half of Part II that I started making the breakthrough.
This will require another sit-down to re-read. At this time, my favourite poem would be "in which the heroes become the antagonists".
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