First published 2024
This is a poetry collection, not fiction. The source identifies it as poetry by Linda Watanabe McFerrin, who received the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction for previous work. These poems move between moments of depression and dark humor as they examine love in all its forms. The verses travel through different time periods and locations, reaching beyond Earth to explore romantic and human connections across the galaxy. McFerrin draws from influences including Sylvia Plath and comedian Lenny Bruce, creating work that balances serious emotional territory with unexpected lightness. The collection asks fundamental questions about what love means when everything familiar has changed or disappeared.
Genres: romance, poetry, 21st-century, post-apocalyptic
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, intimate
Period: Different Time Periods
114 pages · Kindle Edition · 7.13 Books