The Chaos of Longing

Name: The Chaos of Longing
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: K.Y. Robinson
ISBN: 9781524854706

Author: K.Y. Robinson

Narrator: K.Y. Robinson

Unabridged: 1 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 10/08/2019

Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Women Authors

Synopsis

Organized in four sections – Inception, Longing, Chaos, and Epiphany – K.Y. Robinson's debut poetry collection explores what it is to want in spite of trauma, shame, injustice, and mental illness. It is one survivor's powerful testimony, and a love letter "to those who lie awake burning."

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About K.Y. Robinson

K.Y. Robinson is an introverted writer based in Houston, Texas. She received a B.A. in journalism and M.A. in history from Texas Southern University. She has loved words pressed against pages since childhood, and has been chasing them ever since. The Chaos of Longing is her first published poetry collection.Robinson draws from personal experiences as a woman of color, trauma and mental illness survivor, and hopeless romantic.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karlita | Tale Out Loud

Inception She felt unappreciated by her parents so she craved love from men. She felt insecure, broken and lost. When she loves a person, she would willingly give it all even if it hurts so much. She needed the affection and affirmation that someone needs her or somehow, she's important. Longing The f......more

Goodreads review by Beatrice

I stumbled into this title due to one of the poetry recommendations on YouTube and decided to give it a shot. I like the poems. The eroticism was spot on which makes it sensual. It talks about the effects of longing. When it gets too much, sometimes we get desperate to the point we're indecisive. Th......more

Goodreads review by Gretchen

You can find my full review here with some of my favorite poems You can’t hear me but I’m screaming because YOU ALL NEED TO PURCHASE THIS COLLECTION OF POEMS!!! So so so good!! So freaking amazing and inspiring and just reading her poetry and knowing what she has been through, the way she writes is......more