So Much Synth Goldsmiths Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2021) Unlike other fields (e

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helps you break free from the middle and chart a fulfilling course for the years ahead

In this perennial bestseller

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So Much Synth Goldsmiths Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2021) Unlike other fields (e"Shaughnessy's particular genius . . . is utterly poetic, but essayistic in scope." The New Yorker "Brenda Shaughnessy's work is a good place to start for any passionate woman feeling daunted by poetry." Cosmopolitan "Shaughnessy's voice is smart, sexy, self aware, hip . . . consistently wry, and ever savvy." Harvard Review Subversions of idiom and clich punctuate Shaughnessy's fourth collection as she approaches middle age and revisits the memories,