Rachel McAlpine: How To Be Old

Jul 23, 2020

∙ Paid

How To Be Old: Poems

Rachel McAlpine

The Cuba Press

The first thing that hits me about Rachel McAlpine’s work here – in her new book, a victory lap of poetry! – is the joyousness she feels about being alive; everything, all of it. The good, the bad (is there really any ‘bad’ when you’re up and breathing?) and everything in between, from boredom to drilling…

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