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Out of Order

Out of Order

Sears, Alexis

Paperback

Series: Donald Justice Poetry Prize

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $16.95

ISBN10: 1637680325
ISBN13: 9781637680322
Publisher: Autumn House Press
Published: Mar 29 2022
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Out of Order, winner of the 2021 Donald Justice Poetry Prize, is the debut collection of Alexis Sears, featuring formally diverse poems that address topics from misogyny and mental health to race and identity.

In this collage of unapologetic intimacy, risk-taking vulnerability, and unwavering candor, a biracial millennial woman navigates the challenges of growing out of girlhood and into womanhood with its potential dangers, interrogating the male gaze, beauty standards, and confidence and identity. Pop culture references run through the collection, with rock icons David Bowie and Prince and poets like Kenneth Koch offering windows into desire and adaptation. In these poems, Sears works through heavy topics, such as loneliness, mental illness, chronic pain, the legacies of race and racism, and the aftermath of a father's suicide. As she writes, I'm learning something every ravishing day / and none of it is easy.

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