The Lyme Letters, C. R. Grimmer
The Lyme Letters, C. R. Grimmer
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The Lyme Letters
Poems

Author: C. R. Grimmer

Series: Walt McDonald First-Book Series in Poetry

Narrator: C. R. Grimmer

Unabridged: 2 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/12/2021


Synopsis

The Lyme Letters is epistolary verse that spells out a memoir. R, a non-binary femme character, narrates their experience of disease and recovery through recurrent letters to doctors, pets, family members, lovers, and a “Master.” R, in letter form and repurposed religious texts, also explores the paradoxical experiences of queer non-reproductivity, chronic illness and disability, and the healing that can be found in the liminal spaces between.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Terrance on August 29, 2022

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

Goodreads review by Kelsey on February 12, 2022

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

Goodreads review by Robin on April 26, 2023

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

Goodreads review by Brian on April 05, 2025

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