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Most Anticipated Books of 2023: The Millions, The Rumpus
"The poet Amy Key's first book might be the most hyped memoir of 2023 (or at least a close second to Spare)... This raw, gorgeous, pulsing memoir is...the harbinger of a real talent." -Laura Hackett, Sunday Times K
Amy Key-a writer "of rare and strange magic" (Guardian)-probes the art of living without romance in this soul-stirring debut.
When British poet Amy Key was growing up, she envisioned a life shaped by love-and Joni Mitchell's album Blue was her inspiration. "Blue became part of my language of intimacy," she writes, recalling the dozens of times she played the record as a teen, "an intimacy of disclosure, vulnerability, unadorned feeling that I thought I'd eventually share with a romantic other." As the years ticked by, she held on to this very specific idea of romance like a bottle of wine saved for a special occasion.
But what happens...