Thursday, September 4, 2014

Book Blitz: Sorting Myself: a collection of poetry by Sarahbeth Caplin

Title: Sorting Myself: a collection of poetry
Author: Sarahbeth Caplin
Release Date: Jan 1, 2014

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A young girl exploring her place in the world attempts to slip into the identity of a saint. A woman bruised by rape culture rewrites her identity. A devoted skeptic experiences genuine conviction.
These scenarios and more are the focus of Sorting Myself: a testament to the human experience.

Pandoro
What if the gender roles were reversed, and suddenly,
the world was no longer a safe place
for men?

What if a male stranger should fear me
on the streets at night,
the New Female Predator,
and his gut instinct
was to gird his balls
like women do with their attractiveness,
so as not to make himself
a target?

What if men were taught
that Fear is the new Sexy,
that involuntary arousal
is code for "Yes Please,"
and his gender alone
is his own personal Armageddon?

What if it had been
a man
who opened Pandora's box?

Beth holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Kent State University. It was during college that she first saw her name in print as a columnist for her campus newspaper, The Daily Kent Stater. Now living in Denver, Colorado, she can be found in various microbreweries when not chained to her laptop working on future books.

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