Winner of the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Poetry, Amanda Lovelace presents her new illustrated duology, "things that h(a)unt." In this first instalment, to make monsters out of girls, Lovelace explores the memory of being in an abusive relationship. She poses the eternal question: Can you heal once you've been marked by a monster, or will the sun always sting?
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[i'm convinced / i become / transfixed / a / thousand times / in any given day]***
(Andrews McMeel Publishing, 18 September 2018, 168 pages, ebook, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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I'm a big fan of Lovelace and I'm pretty sure I've read all of her books now. Some modern poets who grow to popularity via Instagram or Tumblr lack any real depth in their work. I've read so-called poems that are little more than random words jammed together. Lovelace manages to avoid this. The poems in this collection focus on being in abusive relationship. This is something a lot of people with have experience themselves or know someone who's been in that situation. The themes explores resonate. The poems in To Make Monsters out Of Girls are raw and painful at times and quite astonishing. I enjoyed every word.
