Pleasure Principle: Poems transmasc ”—New York Times Book Review

”—New York Times Book Review

but might not be able to do both

With no access to the outside world

Erin knows that defending Sharise will blow her own private life wide open

Pleasure Principle: Poems transmasc ”—New York Times Book ReviewBy: Madeleine Cravens An astonishing debut collection of poems about desire and the chaos of youth. In her stunning debut collection, Madeleine Cravens explores desire in all its transgressive power and wildness. Pleasure and pain are inextricable in these carefully observed poems, capturing a young woman on the threshold of adulthood as she seeks to understand herself. With a hard edged vulnerability and singularly bold style, Cravens is unsparing