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In the lineage of New York School poets like Alice Notley and Bernadette Mayer retribution forthcoming does its exploratory work through narrative and lyric modes by simile and catalogue By turns oblique and direct Katie Berta s poems look vulnerably and honestly at sexual coercion and the psychological fallout of assault These poems move through academic public and domestic spaces and through the domain of memory investigating the ways consumerist society reinforces and reifies gender conformity and performativity The world of these poems and their trauma narrative is woven through and deepened by the heartful speaker s sense of humor and eagerness to love and trust For readers interested in interrogating ecological capitalist gendered and private violence for sensitive and intuitive listeners and for lovers of poets like Natalie Scenters Zapico Jay Hopler and Paisley Rekdal retribution forthcoming is an inspired and visionary debut retribution forthcoming site_link post a commentStrong Impactful RelatableThere are moments of sheer intimacy that feel so tender and vulnerable and insightful and resonating Reading these poems feels like a true gift they give the reader the opportunity to pull back a curtain a skin creating moments of the most powerful and raw emotion With a refreshingly unique voice that rescues agency from its very own killing field this debut collection delves deeply into a laid bare landscape. Retribution forthcoming booklet Some of my favorite moments If cruelty is just pain remixed what does bad even mean and certainly this is why I don t believe in god but it s also why I ve begun thinking that no one living is lucky there is no one to be jealous of given the way that everything given is always suddenly taken away. Retribution forthcoming epublishing Yes I am sensitive and yes I understand that some things get better as you do them faster not carefully EveryoneNo of course you weren t made in something as antique as a womb 77 Simultaneously intimate and revelatory these poems through the lens of the speaker witness modern life s web of anxiety How to be a woman an artist an American a teacher a significant other when mortality loss and the problems of the world wait around every corner on every screen These poems are gorgeous in their precision of language and imagery and utterly merciless in their refusal to look away from pain both interior and exterior 77