Death And Exes, 9781915406194
Paperback
Grief explored through pop culture, sex, and finding life’s touchstones.

Death And Exes

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  • Paperback

    84 pages

  • Release Date

    19 October 2022

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Summary

Death and Exes explores the complexity of grief and the author’s struggle to process loss through consumption; of food, drugs, alcohol, pop culture, sex, and fashion. Buying and imbibing things are often looked at as superficial distractions that keep us from dealing with difficult emotions. In Death and Exes, they are touchstones that help remind us of who we are during the times we feel most untethered and alone. These are poems of mourning, but they are also a celebration of the life affir…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781915406194
ISBN-10:1915406196
Author:Sarah Bridgins
Publisher:Eyewear Publishing
Imprint:Eyewear Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:84
Release Date:19 October 2022
Weight:143g
Dimensions:227mm x 151mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Thrumming with frank grief, sharp humor, and coruscating desire, in the candidly erotic tradition of Sharon Olds, Sarah Bridgins’s poems will gut you with a rhinestone cake knife and leave you for dead.”

– Rachel Lyon, author of Self-Portrait with Boy

“When the pain of love is overwhelming, and strategies to self-soothe are ripping at the seams, Bridgins is able to place the reader almost startlingly back into their body.”

– - Swati Sudarsan * Northwest Review *

About The Author

Sarah Bridgins

Sarah Bridgins is the recipient of the 2018 Sexton Prize from Eyewear Books. Her writing has appeared in Tin House, BuzzFeed, and Bustle among other publications. She lives in Brooklyn where she is the co-host of the Ditmas Lit reading series.

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