Emily Van Kley

The ONLY reason I crossed paths with this book was because there was a library reading challenge prompt to read a book with Winter or Cold in the title, and I decided to scour the poetry section to find something to fit. But this read was meant to be. As I started reading this, I had this riotous feeling of recognition that I tried to explain in my head as being due to a rarity of poets writing from working class backgrounds. That's part of it, but not quite it. Small town working class gets show more closer — fart enough from major cities that a night of young adult entertainment revolves around trucks and drinking and the closest creek. I was surprised how close and familiar some of these felt. show less