8/16/2023 0 Comments Nineteen makenzie campbell![]() I cannot wait to read more by this author, I’m so glad I took the chance with this book. Trista Mateer, author of Aphrodite Made Me Do It There are. I will be picking up a copy of this and the author’s other book of poetry immediately. Nineteen A necessary reminder that whatever we are feeling, we are never feeling it alone. Everything felt so real the whole time I was reading I could not put it down. I found myself relating to the poems almost immediately. I’d definitely consider myself a novice in the poetry reading world. For every place we go, there is a feeling or memory thats. I’ve been dipping my toes into poetry and I love that NetGalley provides me a way to do that and buy the book after I know I enjoy it. Nineteen is a collection of poetry that broaches heartbreak, love, loss, war, peace, and healing. This is the first book I’ve read by this author and I was pleasantly surprised after seeing the goodreads rating. You can feel the healing as you sit in the driver’s seat, in charge of your own life. You can feel the hope at the coffee shop where a beginning happened. You can feel the heartbreak inside the bedroom where you lost a love. It's in these places, that we feel particular emotions, which help shape who we become. You can paint over it, but it will always be there. Nineteen a book by Makenzie Campbell 'A necessary reminder that whatever we are feeling, we are never feeling it alone.' -Trista Mateer, author of Aphrodite Made Me Do It There are defining moments in our lives that we often experience in certain places. Following the success of her debut, 2am Thoughts, Makenzie continues her writing journey with her new collection, Nineteen, inspired by her experience transitioning into adulthood. She described the imagery she envisioned for each chapter and poem. Nineteen is a collection of poetry that broaches heartbreak, love, loss, war,įor every place we go, there is a feeling or memory that’s been painted on the walls. Makenzie Campbell grew up in the Pacific Northwest and has been expressing herself through poetry since grade school. I was given the opportunity to illustrate for Mackenzie Campbells second book, Nineteen. (Mar.(Thanks to Netgalley & Central Avenue Publishing, I received an eARC)īy the author of the wildly successful 2am Thoughts, comes Nineteen - titled after the poet’s age when she wrote this new book. ![]() In one poem, Campbell summarizes her generative process as follows: “I see things./ Then I feel things./ And then I write them.// The cycle.” Several of these poems provide motivational instruction: “You have a story worth telling./ Why don’t you stay awhile and entertain us?” and “Do not be afraid if you are/ the first print on an/ unbeaten path.” Moments like these will feel overly familiar and simplistic to serious readers of poetry, but these emotional snapshots may resonate with a younger audience. ![]() ![]() I love you and I hope you love you.” To call these short meditations undeveloped would be missing the point they appear intentionally set on sameness, offering raw, unpolished moments of feeling. “Find excitement in your solitude, there may come a day when you never get to live on your own again. “READ WHEN: you feel heartbroken,” a note remarks. In spare poems with aphoristic lines and short prose segments, the book speaks to adolescent pain and suffering. Titled after the age at which the author wrote it, the second book from Campbell ( 2am Thoughts) fits into the growing category of poetry finding its audience through digital platforms such as Instagram.
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