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After Kathy Acker: A Biography by Chris Kraus

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.

With My Back to the World: Poems by Victoria Chang

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Reading the Waves by Lidia Yuknavitch

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Mannie Murphy

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Homewrecker: An Adultery Anthology by

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dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Yr Dead by Sam Sax

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dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Earthsong: poems 1957 - 1959 by Diane di Prima

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emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

A Termination by Honor Moore

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

The Best American Poetry 2024 by David Lehman, Mary Jo Salter

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challenging reflective fast-paced

3.0