“The final poems feel like that moment of relief right when we wake up from a relentless nightmare.” A Review of Awaken from poet Cody Tieman
In awaken, Jade Driscoll explores the suffering that often accompanies existing in a human body. Many poems center around experiences of anxiety and depression, exposing how mental illness can impact a person’s life. Driscoll’s poems successfully create a sense of the inescapable. No matter where the speaker goes, suffering seems to follow. Even when asleep,…
Keep reading“Driscoll deftly navigates violence, mental health, and girlhood with bravery, openness, and vulnerability…” Read the first review of Awaken by poet Hallie Fogarty
In her chapbook Awaken, Michigan poet Jade Driscoll deftly navigates violence, mental health, and girlhood with bravery, openness, and vulnerability. Driscoll’s stark voice and powerful imagery is seen best in lines like “Never again will I let metal / split my skin or let another boy think / he is the vital thrum of my…
Keep reading“Poignant and personal.” A Review of Awaken from Connor Thatcher
Poignant and personal, vivid and heart-wrenching; there are few poets out there who can capture a moment and every thought that comes along with it quite like Jade. Connor ThatcherJuly 4, 2023
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