Naomi Letters

In her latest collection of poems, Rachel Mennies explores the relationship between a woman speaker and Naomi, focusing on the 2016 Presidential Election and its aftermath. The Naomi Letters is a braid of found texts, personal observations, and testimonies of past experiences, revealing the struggles, joys, and erasures the speaker endures as she falls in love with Naomi.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 112 pages
\n Publication date: 13 May 2021
\n Publisher: BOA Editions, Limited
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In her latest collection of poems, Rachel Mennies delves into the intricate interplay between public and private realms, exploring the art of letter writing. Told through a timeless epistolary narrative, The Naomi Letters unfolds the captivating relationship between a woman speaker and Naomi, the woman she loves. Spanning a year, including the tumultuous 2016 Presidential Election and its aftermath, their love story unfolds through a series of letters exchanged between the speaker and Naomi, as filtered through the speaker's retelling. These letter-poems braid together, drawing from various sources such as found texts, personal reflections on her bisexuality, Judaism, and mental illness, and heartfelt testimonies of past experiences. As the speaker falls in love with Naomi, her letters unfurl the complexities she faces as she reconnects with her own body after a period of anxiety and suicidal ideation. Through her letters, she reveals the struggles, joys, and erasures she experiences as she embarks on a journey of recovery, both physically and emotionally. As she delves deeper into this long-distance love, she grapples with its profound implications, recognizing the delicate balance between love and the challenges it presents. The Naomi Letters is a testament to the power of words and the enduring connection between two women, forever bound by a love that transcends time and distance, albeit at a precarious and fleeting distance.

\n Weight: 186g\n
Dimension: 153 x 229 x 10 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781950774296\n \n