Customer Reviews
A tour de force that does not miss, this collection will ruin you, bury you, then pull you back out of the rubble and into the light.
I cried, loved the writing
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.
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?
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.