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« I light myself on fire for everyone »

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Moving poetry by the LGBT singer Mary Lambert.

Perfect for poetry for #lgbaqbookbingo2024! Some formats were more successful than others, I didn‘t like the screenplay one but maybe that‘s just me and what I‘m used to.

Trigger warnings for rape, incest, and abuse.

I had no idea her story was so brutal and how much she struggled with her mental health. Some very relatable stuff in there.

« I light myself on fire for everyone »

“I never fixed myself, I am my own arduous endeavor
I light myself in fire for everyone”

Mary Lambert is a singer and poet, known for her activism for LBGQT rights, fat acceptance, and mental illness issues. Her poetry is raw, brave, difficult to read at times, as she deals with her own struggles around weight, about being sexually assaulted, her struggles with her family and mental illness, especially depression. No doubt many readers will connect to what she is saying.

Where to begin. This is such a dark, raw and honest collection. It spoke to me so strongly because I have lived through some of what Mary writes about. She articulates so well what many women can not. Mary is a gem, both in music and poetry.

Next book lined up and ready to listen to.

Listened to this as part of Book Riot‘s 2020 challenge and it was very lovely! I have never considered listening to a poetry audiobook before and this was good!

Simply divine... at times painful, but always beautiful.

Nursing a cold. 🤧🤒 Poetry is always a pretty effective medicine.

Bedtime reading... starting something new. ♡

I've been MIA from Litsy for a bit, but I'm back with my August #bookhaul . I tend to cope with stress by buying books, and it's been a stressful month 📚 I'm super excited to read these; the tagged book is probably my highest priority to start.

It‘s beautiful in Chicago. I went on a walk. I came home with a new book 😂

Language Barrier
I read that in Japanese there is a word for the light that passes through the trees
I wish I had a word for the way you look at me
I could say your eyes are the sound of wooden chimes in winter or the dust of the thicket awakening from sunbeams when the snow clears
I want to say something, some accurate alchemy, some kind of splendor to mirror in syntax the kind of ceremony in your eye patterns when you study my face in bed, ...

Started the New Year off right; this collection is everything I hoped. Let's just say I was nodding in recognition by page 3 and crying by page 24. Beautiful, powerful. Thank you, Mary. #currentlyreading

A couple of solid impulse purchases to help see the old year out. Hope everyone has as thrilling a night as mine is shaping up to be! #nye

Apparently I‘m on a poetry kick...