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Good Girl and Other Yearnings by Isabelle Correa

Good Girl and Other Yearnings by Isabelle Correa

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"In the space between heartbreak and healing, these poems map a universe of longing and possibility"

ABOUT THE BOOK

From "Quantum Mechanics And You" to "Little Red Riding Hood Buys A 6-Pack After EMDR," these poems turn the confessional genre on its head. Correa's debut full-length collection explores how trauma shakes the foundations of identity, and how healing happens on every level: atomic, corporeal, corporate, and cosmic. Raw and lyrical, personal and expansive, these poems are an evocative reclamation of self, a bold bet on existential hope when existential dread is throwing punches.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Isabelle Correa is a poet from Washington state now living in Mexico City. She studied creative writing at Western Washington University, is the winner of the 2024 Jack McCarthy Book Prize, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and the author of the chapbook Sex is From Mars But I Love You From Venus. Her work has appeared in Pank, Third Point Press, The Rebis, and more.

PRAISE FOR GOOD GIRL AND OTHER YEARNINGS

"No one likes a mirror when they expected a window. Isabelle Correa's Good Girl and Other Yearnings offers both—each poem creates a kaleidoscope of girlhood, sisterhood, longing, and above all, a truth that a single reflection can't contain."

—Caroline Earleywine

FROM THE COLLECTION

"I know a tree is a wound

of the earth. I know a wound is an act

of remembrance. I know my mother

was a good woman once and then she turned

inward, a star, dying."

 

"A poem is a place

I go. It's safe

like an ambulance

is safe.

You being

inside

means

you're already hurt."

VITAL STATISTICS

Publication Date: April 18, 2025

Format: 6" x 9" Paperback

Price: $18.00 USD

ISBN: 978-1-949342-67-3

Publisher: Write Bloody Publishing

Distributor: IPG, Chicago

Book available to order: March 18, 2025

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Kassandra Vilchis
longing

Correa does it again! This collection of poems offer the reader a look into girlhood, sisterhood and the nostalgia of a place we once called home but all in slant. Weather that be with the people that made it so or the place. Correa, is the queen of line breaks and it has been the greatest joy to watch her works get so much praise.

Favorite poems include: underwater tea party, Moby Dick as all my rage and I wrote this poem on company time.

Would highly recommend Correa's work to anyone who enjoys poetry and longing.

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April Fleck
Refreshing & Evocative

Good Girl and Other Yearnings by Isabelle Correa is for anyone who’s ever wondered if they’re good, who has yearned to understand or to be understood. Correa is one of my favorite contemporary poets because she has a distinct voice without using repetitive imagery or word choice. I would know a poem is hers without her name attached, yet something in each piece still surprises me. Corrrea walks the line between specific and ambiguous, leaving you to interpret her words in a variety of ways. This slight ambiguity is refreshing, given the rise in popularity of more easily digestible poetry. In a world full of wonderful writers, this particular poet stands out. That’s a hard thing to do, but as this book teaches us – Isabelle can do hard things. Correa writes on page 89 – “I could be myself not / the echo / of any other thing.”

Isn’t that what we’re all searching for?

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Melissa Bates
Loved this!

Isabelle Correa's writing feels fresh and interesting while feeling relatable. I read it all in one sitting because I couldn't put it down, but will return to it again to linger. This book inspires me to start writing again.