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Opening Ceremony  by Laura Marie Marciano Metatron Press 64 pages $18 Laura Marie Marciano’s second poetic memoir, Opening Ceremony, will hit uncomfortably close to home for many aging Millennials—and Marciano does not hold back. Composed with the same candor and confessional pathos of her debut collection, Opening Ceremony navigates a world of recessions, a global […]

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Toxemia by Christine McNair Book*hug Press 176 pages $23 Christine McNair’s memoir, Toxemia, is a deeply personal account of her experiences with pre-eclampsia, a life-threatening pregnancy condition marked by high blood pressure, piercing headaches, double vision, and an impending sense of doom. The causes of pre-eclampsia are still not well-known, but experts believe it’s caused […]

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I Hate Parties by Jes Battis Nightwood Editions 102 pages $20 Jes Battis’s I Hate Parties is a nostalgic poetry collection that chronicles adolescence in the ‘80s and ‘90s—social anxiety and Discmans included—and is peppered with musings from an adult navigating the tumultuous 2020s. I Hate Parties has a playful, endearing tone, yet doesn’t shy […]

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All Hookers Go To Heaven by Angel B.H. Invisible Publishing 368 pages $24 “Since the promise of eternal life was no longer on the horizon, I sought, instead, to experience the full expression of my own self-destruction. Instead of aiming for Heaven, I was now hurtling towards Hell,” narrates Magdalena, the protagonist of Angel B.H.’s […]