A Beautiful Name for a Girl, Kirsten Kaschock
I won’t say much about this because I’m not a fan. There were a few lines that I liked. I’ve copied them here.
About this:
how small my world is—and whether or not
it is small in the right ways
Excerpted from Houdini dies. I teach his obituary. pg. 9
Please, I am begging—
do not attempt your own release.
This body should not be
fled. Is not fire.
Excerpted from Houdini dies. I teach his obituary. pg. 14
Write your own obituary: write it about someone you admire
Excerpted from Houdini dies. I teach his obituary. pg. 17
I have left them to come here, to be further inside here, and
to write a way out
Excerpted from Eight Rooms In. pg. 30
