Name: Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across: Poems by Mary Lambert
Rating: 4.173913043478261 (23 reviews)
ISBN: 9781250195906

Mary Lambert

Beautiful and brutally honest, Mary Lambert's poetry is a beacon to anyone who's ever been knocked down—and picked themselves up again. In verse that deals with sexual assault, mental illness, and body acceptance, Ms. Lambert emerges as an important new voice in poetry, providing strength and resilience even in the darkest of times.

Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across: Poems by Mary Lambert

i did not cry when she read body love. first occurrence of this ever in the ten years+ i have been a fan. 

cee 

Beautiful and brutally honest, Mary Lambert's poetry is a beacon to anyone who's ever been knocked down—and picked themselves up again. In verse that deals with sexual assault, mental illness, and body acceptance, Ms. Lambert's Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across emerges as an important new voice in poetry, providing strength and resilience even in the darkest of times.

Montgomery Pierce

There is nothing easy nor held back in this particular collection of poetry. It's raw, in your face, and unabashed in what it's talking about. I wouldn't necessarily recommend this for everyone (there is definitely a laundry list of content warnings that come along with this collection,) but I think in terms of how honestly Mary Lambert presents her life and the way that she's navigated things like sexual abuse, her ebbing and flowing mental health, with hits of hope and love in between, this is definitely worth a read (or, in the case of this edition, a listen.)

Agustina Rodriguez Sartori

I really like it, it was eyeopenning and beautiful abd sad. I listened the audiobook nad itwas great to hear her telling her stoty and the music went well with the mood that the poems reflects

Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across: Poems by Mary Lambert

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