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Fat Girl
by
Jessie Carty (Goodreads Author)
In Fat Girl, Jessie Carty asks us to strip and stand naked in front of a mirror. These poems are our own reflection. Bittersweet in nature, they are self-perception. They size us up and tell the truth: that man or woman, we all struggle to feel at home in our own skins.
Paperback, 48 pages
Published
September 15th 2011
by Sibling Rivalry Press
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"Fat Girl" grapples with what Scott Owens calls the realities of human existence: Hunger, desire, overindulgence, shame, fitting in, transformation, and acceptance. As an added bonus, Carty does a marvelous job interweaving the powerful imagery of food throughout the book, a subject that long been of interest this reviewer.
The following pieces were my favorites, all of which excel in capturing those realities and the powerful role that food plays in our lives.
Basic Geometry is the first dish in...more
The following pieces were my favorites, all of which excel in capturing those realities and the powerful role that food plays in our lives.
Basic Geometry is the first dish in...more
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Jessie Carty's engaging collection of poems FAT GIRL is at once entertaining, humorous, well written, and disconcerting. Her topic appears to be a fantasy on her obesity, but it just may be about girls who see themselves as overweight (no, according to Carty's honesty, the word 'fat' must be used!), or even studies in self perception for us all. Each of us has a visual concept of who we are and how we appear to those around us, whether or not that concept relates to reality is a question that Ca...more
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Jessie Carty's enjoyable poetry collection, Fat Girl (published by Sibling Rivalry Press) exposes the insecurities we have with our bodies and how we are perceived by others. Carty looks at the question - what is reality when it comes to body image. Fat Girl is accessible and thought provoking. She challenges the reader, with her well-written and honest poems to reflect on their own body image.
Carty's poems are honest, truthful and themes I can relate to in my own life. I was once a fat girl to...more
Carty's poems are honest, truthful and themes I can relate to in my own life. I was once a fat girl to...more
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Jessie Carty's chapbook is both funny and searingly blunt about living as a woman of size. If you have ever struggled with your weight, you'll recognize the situations, embarrassment and struggle of the narrator. The societal pressure to be thin runs like an undercurrent here, but so does acceptance of self. Fat Girl can and should be read in one sitting. You'll be rewarded by these poems, which are more timely than ever.
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Another amazing poetry collection from this prolific poet. I gave it four stars only because I liked Paper House a wee bit better. This collection is an astonishing read, full of the complexities of the female experience with weight. Jessie Carty is definitely a poet to watch!
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Jessie Carty's poems, fiction and non-fiction have appeared in publications such as Iodine Poetry Journal, decomP and Connotation Press. Jessie is the author of five poetry collections including the most recent chapbook release "An Amateur Marriage" (Finishing Line, 2012) which was a finalist for the 2011 Robert Watson Prize. Her first full length collection "Paper House" (Folded Word, 2010) won t...more
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