Book Review: Waking up to Thrutopia by Conny Borgelioen

I am delighted to share a book review of Waking up to Thrutopia by Conny Borgelioen, a beautiful poetry and essay collection that, divided into three connected parts, chronicles the author’s struggle with a chronic illness.

This book serves as a means to work through the difficult times in search of some place that is better, and is not afraid to explore feelings related to mistakes, loneliness, and pain as it places dark moments within the context of their place in the world and invites the reader to become part of the poetic landscape raised in the writing.

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The End of Jaya Avendel & The Beginning of Layla Todd

I have been writing under the pen name Jaya Avendel since 2017 when I first started sharing my writing online. However, over the past six years, as I have become more responsible and comfortable writing about who I am, the line that my pen name previously drew between myself and my online persona has become blurred.

Here is why I am switching my pen name for my real name and heading into 2023 as myself and myself alone.

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Eve Dreams

Chocolate hearts and peppermint sahuaro kisses. Cups over which steam dances. The caramel and mistletoe . . .

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Goddess Eternal

I have the body of a goddess. Porcelain eyes that make you bleed into sunset and liquid silk inked over with wine . . .

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Tangerine Moonshine

There is all this love within me. It trails its fingers along chandelier glass and plays tunes grand for ballroom floor . . .

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Amaranthine Dance

Under clear skies in shadow of cotton clouds, I am asked to sacrifice who I am in exchange for gold that turns to bronze pennies . . .

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Central Park Heart

Take me to the place where the air is honey. I will sit with my feet in pebbled water and let the earth crawl up my skin . . .

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