Sabrina Benaim

Summer 2021 (August);
~ Netgalley Arc

Thank you to Sabrina Benaim, Penguin Group Dutton, Plume, and Netgalley for this free arc for an honest review.

I was amazing delighted when I found Sabrina would be putting out a new book. A big fan of both her spoken word button poetry performance, and her first publication, [b:Depression & Other Magic Tricks|34594982|Depression & Other Magic Tricks|Sabrina Benaim|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492920202l/34594982._SX50_.jpg|55737806], I absolutely ran for this one when I saw it. Sabrina's work remains sharp and deep, unflinching about the problems, needs, and wants once faces amid depression.

The surprise of this book was the flowering fullness of seeing the deep relationship between Sabrina and her mother. How supportive of each other they are, how often they talk, how hard it is to maintain that close relationship in the wake of terrible news from doctors that could cause a death at any moment between being told and the time of treatment. It, also, gives us some beautiful glimpses into her friendship with those who know and support her process with depression.

I see so much growth in her work from the first publication to this one, and I hope she goes on putting out even more poetry volumes.… (mais)

2018 Spring:

A friend threw me at a recording of Sabrina Benaim reading "Explaining Depression to My Mother" and it was so passionately on key I felt the need to pick this book up right after. I loved this tome, and have recommended it out to three other people since. Her poetry in short, sharp, full of every feeling, and grabs you by the shoulders from the second you start. You feel her longing and her love, as well as her pain and frantic changes.

I will be keeping an eye on this one for further publications.… (mais)