choptopapologist 's review for:

Amanda Paradise by C.A. Conrad

4.0

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Somehow both heartbreaking and empowering. "Glitter In My Wounds" and "45 Minutes" really stuck with me-- as did the bit about the Indiana poet whose family had a doomsday bunker (speaking as a Florida poet whose family is quite Rapture-conscious). The only thing is I wish the prose at the end was its own project separate from "Amanda Paradise."