Short, vivid poems capturing the lived experiences of hoarders for deep emotional resonance
Explores themes of consumerism, capitalism, and environmental trauma for contemporary relevance
Uses reality television as a lens to critique and illuminate the human condition
Absurdist and Kafkaesque style offers a unique take on compulsion and attachment
empathy and sympathy for the complexity of hoarding behaviors
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A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2021 An NPR Best Book of 2021 An Electric Literature Best Poetry Book of 2021 A Dennis Cooper Best Book of 2021
In Hoarders, Kate Durbin deftly traces the associations between hoarding and collective US traumas rooted in consumerism and the environment. Each poem is a prismatic