Description
Standing in the Forest of Being Alive is a memoir-in-poems that reckons with erotic love even as the narrator is diagnosed and treated for breast cancer at the age of thirty-six during a time of pandemic and political upheaval. With humor and honesty, the book portrays both the pleasures and the horrors of the lover, the citizen, and the medical subject. How can we find, in the midst of hell, what isnt hell? And whom can we tell how much we want to live? An intimate, hilarious and devastating look into some of the most private moments of a lifeeven if they happen to occur in a medical office with six strangers looking on. This book is for anyone whos ever asked how to live in the face of suffering, and doesnt expect an easy answer. Standing in the Forest of Being Alive looks unflinchingly at painful realities, posing the question What isnt hell? and finds the answer in a powerful eros, letting a loved one pull laughter out of the narrators reluctant mouth like a redvioletcerulean handkerchief.
Author: Katie Farris
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Alice James Books
Published: 04/04/2023
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.2lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781948579322
Language: English
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