Genevieve Betts

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“Burnham’s book parallels one of the ‘chocolate concoctions’ she mentions inside: a cake dense with philosophical, ethical, and personal exploration made of bittersweet chocolate—bitter at the sexual complexities of an affair, or ‘situationship,’ and sweet with the love of new life that comes from it, a ‘chatter-boxing’ child ‘flinging Cheerios.’ This poet’s voice is both assertive and vulnerable, unflinching in its treatment of love and the body. Burnham stuns in this debut collection.”