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"I dream the scent
of my mother's lipstick
has come back to haunt me---
like an oil pastel
marking
my dreary, dramatic heart."

The poems gained momentum as I read, & I read the very last one, The Ariadne Year, four times in a row. I love how she blends heartache & humor & beauty, & I love how I feel like I got some sense of who she is, like she opened a window into her mind, her soul. I don't always feel that with poetry, but I did here. ❤

First book of 2019. Poetry. So many tabs. So many lines that took my breath away. So good.

Next up for poetry!!

I'm still new to poetry but I loved this. The imagery was amazing, so much conjured up things I hadn't thought about together. The content too, about a woman coming into herself. Then to top up my love that was growing in sneaks a poem about frida khalo. Not named but you know it's her.
For uk littens this is on #scribd which was a very pleasant surprise.
I'm going to keep on reading at least one poetry book a month so I can find more like this

“He was the rain: he would come and go,
he was there for everyone.”

Hi, my name is Rachel, and I like going to the library and checking out books that I know I don't have time to read right now, *just in case.* #libraryhaul

This was a great collection of poems reflecting on how a young woman comes to find her place in the world and love herself. Many of the poems use the Ariadne myth as a basis, but others relate to art and her Mexican American culture.

A cortado + chocolate croissant + poetry = perfect morning break. There is a bookstore right next door. May have to go there next.

AWP haul!

Got this collection signed and heard her read

February 2018 Reads. Hearts are 5 stars, pencils are 4. Lots of solid reads this month!!

I was hooked from the first poem, "Do You Speak Virgin?" from this impressive debut collection by Analicia Sotelo.

My favorites included "Ariadne's Guide to Getting a Man," "My Mother & the Parable of the Lemons," and "My English Victorian Dating Troubles." eARC from Milkweed - Virgin comes out February 20!

In an effort to infuse more poetry into our lives my daughter and I came to see the author of this collection tonight at our wonderful indie bookstore - Brazos Books 📚