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Doing Our Damndest
Paperback
Publisher Price: $22.00
ISBN13: 9781736275078
Publisher: Strange Worlds Publishing
Published: Jan 5 2026
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Stephanie Strange, the whimsically dark frontwoman of the beloved local avant-garde ensemble Strange & the Familiars, is trading the guitar and microphone for the printed page. Her debut collection, a raw fusion of short memoir and unfiltered poetry, offers a visceral roadmap through this mad world she has spent years navigating on stage.
Known for her haunting vocals and theatrical storytelling, Strange's transition to literature feels less like a pivot and more like a stripping away of layers. Despite having never formally studied poetry, Strange possesses a rare, intuitive command of the medium. Her work ties together the jagged threads of politics, trauma, and the gritty realities of drug and alcohol abuse, weaving them into a tapestry that is as heartbreaking as it is hopeful.
The collection serves as a companion to her musical legacy-encapsulating the overwhelming, often chaotic experience of modern existence. Strange represents herself as a perpetual loser, a title she wears with a mix of dark, wry humor and startling vulnerability.
The book is defined by a unique juxtaposition of raw unflinching accounts of personal struggle and societal fracture, her wry self-deprecating wit that provides levity in the dark, and the tender childlike wonder that refuses to be extinguished by the weight of the world.
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