The Lyme Letters
Poems

The Lyme Letters is an utterly singular, massively important book, a memoir-in-poetry-in-letters that delves into queer desire, being chronically ill as a nonbinary femme, deeply personal accommodation requests (that are fantastic examples of how to craft your own) to landlords, and the moments of s......more

Love this book. This exploration of identity and privacy as disability develops and becomes better understood by the body experiencing them. How to self advocate for oneself is a clear theme in these hybrid letter-poems. This is disability poetics at it's finest, from a kind and honest writer. Five......more

This is a very unique way for people suffering with Lyme disease to be able to express themselves and the battles they have had to overcome. I happened to love poetry so it was a good read for me. It’s so inspiring to hear other people stories that are suffering with the same disease that you are in t......more

Wonderful collection, on so many levels. There are a lot of overlaps with my own approach, so the places where there was not overlap were really interesting and instructive and engaging for me. I felt like it helped me grow as a writer, on top of its many other merits.......more