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Oh, Terrible Youth by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Oh, Terrible Youth by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz’s fourth collection Oh, Terrible Youth is an ode to the geeky, freaky coming-of-age genre.
Digging back into her teenage years, Aptowicz embraces the geekiness, big feelings, and questionable decisions that make growing up such a memorable disaster. These poems revisit doomed crushes, embarrassing moments, and the earnest intensity of being young and feeling everything all at once. Funny, honest, and full of heart, this collection reminds us that the weird kid we were never really disappears—we just learn how to carry them with us.
For all those who embrace their inner nerd and their earnest teenage self.
Even now, the line slouches conspiratorially in my chest,
my education’s first dirty joke, dark and perfect as a plum,
the glittering moment my pants told my head, A-ha!
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Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz is a New York Times best-selling author and poet whose work has earned fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts, the University of Pennsylvania, the Amy Clampitt House, and Hedgebrook. Her previous collection The Year of No Mistakes was named Poetry Book of the Year by the Writers League of Texas.
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