Why read All of My Bullshit Truths?

Book cover of All of My Bullshit Truths: Collected Poems

Book description

For the first time, five of J.R. Rogue's poetry chapbooks, including Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist La Douleur Exquise, can be purchased in one volume. Coming in at over 300 pages, this collection contains poetry written between 2014 and 2016. Included works: La Douleur Exquise An Open Suitcase & New Blue…

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Why read it?

1 author picked All of My Bullshit Truths as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Alicia Cook

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Anytime anyone asks me to recommend a modern poet to them, J.R. Rogue enters the chat. With this book, she’s compiled some of her best work into one collection, so everything I love about her is now under one cover. I often describe her as a modern-day Sylvia Plath; she’s one of the few modern poets I’ve read who is able to weave traditional poetic devices and language into the struggles and mediums of today.

This makes her writing feel timeless to me but also jarringly current. I’ve recommended this book countless times to friends dangling from their last thread,…

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