SOMETHING ABOUT ME

Abstract

Something About Me explores the resurfacing of fragmented memories as the speaker of the poems reconciles with her past. The collection unfolds in a liminal space between past and present versions of the speaker as she converses with a former self as though through an existential mentoring. In a series of intimate recounts, she confronts her grief as a fatherless daughter, examines moments where the body became a vessel for punishment, and challenges her tumultuous relationships. As a collection, the poems work as a trajectory of catharsis; the speaker purges threats and revelations from adolescence, attempting to free herself from the rejection, shame, and fear that consumed her upbringing.