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Girls and Buoyant - by Emily Crocker (Paperback)

Girls and Buoyant - by  Emily Crocker (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Emily Crocker complicates home and family in her debut book, <strong><em>Girls and Buoyant</em></strong>. With sensitivity and wry observation, Crocker explores old suburbs and new losses at the intersection of late capitalism and queer love.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Emily Crocker complicates home and family in her debut poetry collection, <strong><em>Girls and Buoyant</em></strong>. With sensitivity and wry observation, Crocker explores old suburbs and new losses at the intersection of late capitalism and queer love. </p><p><br></p><p><em>Pinky-promise me you won't die tonight.</em></p><p>You shook my little finger back.</p><p>I put the car keys on the bedside anyway</p><p>and held your cells, rocking themselves apart, </p><p>together until the pharmacy reopened.</p><p><br></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Crocker has a vivid way with her imagery, an almost casual ability to draw attention to the unexpected. How can 'the names of the other rocks' move out of someone's 'mind like an abattoir'?" - David Dick, <em>Cordite Poetry Review</em></p><br>

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