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Joy Is My Middle Name by Sasha Debevec-McKenney

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Joy Is My Middle Name

Author
Sasha Debevec-McKenney
Narrator
Sasha Debevec-McKenney
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Publish Date
3 July 2025
Run Time
2 hours 19 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Poetry, Poetry

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What to expect

Joy Is My Middle Name documents crawling through your twenties and emerging into your thirties. Walking uneasy cities and rural towns, talking about sex, race, womanhood, addiction, sobriety, consumerism and pop culture, these poems pull at the edges of the performed self with conversational ease. Humble, giddy, bold, empathetic, subversive, hilarious, lithe - the collection feels like a conversation with your greatest friend, over the best dinner. Full of stories, character, awkward silence, relatable sentiment; the buzz of perfect moments are funnelled onto the page.

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Details
Author
Sasha Debevec-McKenney
Narrator
Sasha Debevec-McKenney
Duration
2 hours 19 minutes
Release Date
3 July 2025
ISBN
9781804272404
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Genre
Poetry, Poetry

Synopsis

Joy Is My Middle Name documents crawling through your twenties and emerging into your thirties. Walking uneasy cities and rural towns, talking about sex, race, womanhood, addiction, sobriety, consumerism and pop culture, these poems pull at the edges of the performed self with conversational ease. Humble, giddy, bold, empathetic, subversive, hilarious, lithe - the collection feels like a conversation with your greatest friend, over the best dinner. Full of stories, character, awkward silence, relatable sentiment; the buzz of perfect moments are funnelled onto the page.

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