Brute by Emily Skaja
Coming out this Tuesday, this collection has booksellers across the country excited. I was blown away. It's not often that I read poetry, but once I started I could not put this down.
'Brute' is a heady mixture of defiance and longing. Skaja's words beg to be read aloud and shared. Poetry is a hard medium to define, slippery, but this collection makes me want to try. The author grapples with expectations of femininity, sexuality, desire, and family, and responds with joy and anger, and with vigorous lines that demand your attention.
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