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Quiver: A Sexploration
From the first time you saw naughty pictures to the snickering of your classmates to the age-old negotiation of virginity; the temptation in a bar, the temptation at work, and the safe (How safe?) bet at home; “To the Lover I Never Had,” the heartbreaks and the hearts you broke – this collection of poems will make you remember. In Quiver: A Sexploration by Holly Pelesky, what is private is public and what is public is private.
- GenresPoetry
36 pages, Paperback
Published May 7, 2019
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About the author
Holly Pelesky
2 books25 followersHolly Pelesky writes essays, fiction, and poetry. She is the author of two books: a chapbook of poetry, Quiver, and a collection of epistolary creative nonfiction, Cleave. She received her MFA from the University of Nebraska and is currently working toward her MLIS. She works as an Arts & Culture librarian and is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Vast Literary Press. She lives in Omaha with her two boys and their new kitten.
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June 6, 2019
These poems are intense, yet not shouted. They go straight to a place where I feel unbalanced, a perch easily swept off of. Emotive, intimate, and frequently ready to dazzle out of nowhere. Excellent work.
September 30, 2019
Some hot stuff here.
January 2, 2020
Each morning, I savored one of the poems in the collection.
May 22, 2020
Exquisite. My apologies it took me so long to get around to it.
September 9, 2023
A sexy book of poems that will tantalize you and make you want more. A collection that is equal parts raw and tender.
from Making Love: "I know we said / this is only fucking, but it feel like / a recipe I don't have, I just remember what / it made: a tart that melted in my mouth, made me ravenous for its sweet then sour."
from The Gun on the Nightstand: "I didn't lose my virginity / as much as I surrendered it. / The gun on the nightstand / whispered to me through its / cold barrel, stay afraid..."
A collection about sex, but so much more than sex - finding safety with another person, finding release, finding a partner. A deliciously sexy read.
from Making Love: "I know we said / this is only fucking, but it feel like / a recipe I don't have, I just remember what / it made: a tart that melted in my mouth, made me ravenous for its sweet then sour."
from The Gun on the Nightstand: "I didn't lose my virginity / as much as I surrendered it. / The gun on the nightstand / whispered to me through its / cold barrel, stay afraid..."
A collection about sex, but so much more than sex - finding safety with another person, finding release, finding a partner. A deliciously sexy read.
August 17, 2021
Brown chicken brown cow! These poems were sexy, and I am sad it took me this long to read sexy poems. Especially Holly Pelesky's.
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