'Popular Longing' Digs Into Everything We'd Rather Leave Unsaid
In her third collection of poems, Natalie Shapero takes a blunt, funny look at the uncomfortable realities of life under capitalism. She says her work engages with the things people don't talk about.
One thing most poets are not afraid of is saying what cannot be said.
Oftentimes, those unsayables involve uncomfortable truths about our capitalist society. And in her new book, Popular Longing, poet Natalie Shapero takes a blunt, funny look at the things we'd prefer to avoid.
"A lot of what I try to do in my work is write poems
