Overview
My Body and I Share the Same Name is a poetry collection about the long, difficult process of living with trauma. These poems navigate memory, dissociation, sexuality, faith, and the uneasy relationship between body and self. The speaker searches for language equal to their experience, even when that experience resists being named. With a voice that is at once detached and deeply intimate, the collection documents what it feels like to survive while still being shaped by what happened. It doesn't offer solid answers, just the persistent act of trying to understand.
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