A Letter From August: Mental health and the seasons intertwined through poetic prose and art
Paperback
Writing InstructionGeneral Poetry
Publisher Price: $16.99
Publisher: Tinamarie Cox
Published: Aug 4 2026
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Letter From August gently unearths a path between the frayed edges of memory and the unyielding rhythms of the seasons. In her new collection, Tinamarie Cox (Through a Sea Laced with Midnight Hues and A Numbers Game) opens a new vein of the heavy realities of mental illness. Raw and evocative poetic prose is paired with beautiful and emotionally stirring artwork to create a vivid and visual journey for readers. She depicts the mind as a landscape enduring its own harsh winters, and by looking to nature, she finds a map for survival.
Rooted in the cycles of the natural world, Cox's mental health struggles are reframed not as a permanent state, but as a passing season. A Letter From August carries a poignant double meaning. The book serves as a missive from the peak of summer, looking toward the coming autumn, while reading like an intimate note from a version of herself Cox is trying to remember and hold on to.
For anyone who has ever felt lost inside their own mind, A Letter From August offers a grounding truth: your story is not finished; there is still much more life to live.
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