Joy Is My Middle Name: Poems Jenny Odell the book vividly recounts the

the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War--the Dred Scott decision

From drudge work on a glamorous cruise liner

and a cast of religious leaders

● 1900s Cornflake Macaroons

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Joy Is My Middle Name: Poems Jenny Odell the book vividly recounts theIn her best imitation of a historian, poet Sasha Debevec McKenney combs through the past. Joy Is My Middle Name is about crawling through your twenties and emerging into your thirties. Walking uneasily through cities and rural towns, talking about sex, race, womanhood, addiction, sobriety, consumerism, and pop culture, these poems pull at the edges of the performed self with ease. This remarkable debut collection showcases Debevec McKenney's intimate,