While the issues and hurts focused upon are not mine, Blythe Baird represents them evocatively and opens a window into the depths even from far off.

The one that hits hardest for me remains, however, the very first one - In The Shape Of A Poem ( )

Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read and review Sweet, Young & Worried.

When I came across the book I realised that the authors name seemed familiar. I think I heard her slam poem, when the fart girl gets skinny in freshmen year. Aside from that I haven't read or listened to a lot of her work but now I plan on doing so.

Blythe Baird's collection is beautifully mature. Some of the poems make you sad, but there's a sense of a person who has grown up in these pieces which helps a lot; which gives you hope. That our personalities are more than what broke us. ( )