Best Amanda Lovelace
The Princess Saves Herself in This One is a poetry collection by American writer Amanda Lovelace, first published in 2016. It uses short, accessible poems to address abuse, grief, recovery, identity, and personal agency, with recurring fairy-tale imagery centered on the figure of a princess. The boo...
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Exceptional popular success and reader identification, especially online; professional criticism frequently finds the language simplistic, aphoristic, and aesthetically uneven.
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The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One is a 2018 poetry collection by Amanda Lovelace. It is the second volume in her Women Are Some Kind of Magic series and continues the series' focus on gender, violence, survival, identity, and personal agency. The book uses short, accessible poems and recurring imag...
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Popular feminist themes and accessible presentation attract devoted readers; critical reception commonly questions poetic complexity, repetition, and slogan-like treatment.
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