Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction
Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction by Jared Singer, published by Button Poetry on December 3, 2019, is a collection of poetry that navigates the complexities of self-forgiveness and identity. This 96-page work presents a range of emotions, from humor to the depths of rage and loss, inviting readers to reflect on their own experiences of destruction and healing. The poems explore themes of American culture and the author’s Jewish American identity, creating a narrative that resonates with the struggles of self-acceptance and compassion.
Readers will find that this collection serves as both a personal journey and a guide for navigating the challenges of self-image and emotional turmoil. Through its passionate and nuanced verses, the book emphasizes the importance of forgiveness as a means to release the shame associated with past decisions. By addressing topics such as childhood, love, and social justice, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction encourages a deeper understanding of oneself and the journey toward finding a place in the world without losing one’s way.
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With work that ranges from the laugh out loud funny to the silence of rage and loss, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction is a must read.
This is a collection of work that asks itself for forgiveness while becoming an instruction manual on how readers can follow suit. These complex and passionate poems make space for a narrative about the self in the wake of destruction.
It explores American culture and examines how Singers identity as a Jewish American underpins daily life. This book tells us that forgiveness has the power to grant a release from the shame we carry about our decisions.
Forgive yourself was written from a place of vulnerability and pushes us towards compassion for the person we are with the most, ourselves.
Forgive Yourself is a modern handbook for finding yourself and your place without losing your way.
Advance praise for Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Forgiveness
Jared Singer has constructed deeply nuanced, breathtakingly honest pieces for his readers to revisit often, making new discoveries each time. This collection asserts Singer as an authentic, confessional voice capable of creating depth and complexity that begs for further opening and unraveling.
— Chris August, author of Loving Instruments
Jared Singer is an honest, gentle, fearless engineer who has compiled an in-depth and thorough instruction manual on how to hope, to survive, to cope, and to champion beauty.
— Mighty Mike McGee, Artist
Jared Singer’s bone shattering honesty is disarming, and delightful.
-Rico Frederick, Author of Broken Calypsonian
Following themes of childhood, self-image, social justice, love, and magic, this collection makes good on its promise of absolution.
— Brendan Constantine, Author Letters to Guns
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