Obit by Victoria Chang

118 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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After her mother died, poet Victoria Chang refused to write elegies. Rather, she distilled her grief during a feverish two weeks by writing scores of poetic obituaries for all she lost in the world. In Obit, Chang writes of "the way memory gets up...

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4.15
based on 1,300 reviews

Moods

emotional: 88%

reflective: 78%

sad: 73%

dark: 37%

challenging: 34%

tense: 8%

inspiring: 5%

hopeful: 4%

funny: 1%


Pace

17% of readers chose fast
43% of readers chose medium
39% of readers chose slow
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