Laura Sansom
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This page will feature reviews, interviews and reflections of all things creative (and some not so creative). If you would like your book to be featured here feel free to contact Laura. Please celebrate and read my first review for the new look website.
“27, with a white lighter” by Jennifer Juan
“27, with a white lighter” is a follow up to “Home Wrecker” and her other works. A slight lean to the cryptic style of a poetic look of a not nearly an old enough midlife crisis at a not so grand age of 27 written by poet Jennifer Juan.
A blanket of very honest poetry, being a matter of opinion whether too honest but I there’s no shame in a writer / poet not afraid to come out of the shadows. A complete mix of representative poems and prose that fits with her own lifestyle of many fingers in many pies, a poet, producer and film maker, singer and pod-caster - A little bit of everything.
Some of the pieces are long in being abstract but there is a connection with “Biro” for those who put pen to paper and therefor will appreciate its sincerity in its brevity. For the same reason they will find an infinity with the poem “Word porn” too. Hints and tips on writing and Jenifer’s own voice and habits feature on her podcast.
Are there hints of Sylvia Plath? A very chatty anthology with mentions of love and hate, politics, abuse and fascinations in general. This life and world worthy anthology the good does pale against the questionable and bad leading into borderline o.k. There is however hints of modern pop culture and hints of fandom.
There is irony in the poem “Twenty two forever” in a collection which is titled with an age of 27 but that’s the point though isn’t it. We hope to stay an age forever but we do age and simply get older.
“Loving a librarian” is about a relationship on reading (and perhaps a young librarian). Avid readers will know the cravings felt when needing a book to read and how a visit to the library can be the fix needed if only for that brief time you have the ownership of the book. It’s on any readers bucket list to have copious amounts of time to be able to read more.
“Sugar” is bad for you and was almost banned but that just made its deliciousness dream worthy for Jennifer and I would suspect most of her readership. Viva candy, chocolate and fizzy drinks and hooray for Jennifer’s view on being “27 with a white lighter”.
Reviewed by Laura Sansom
“27, with a white lighter” by Jennifer Juan
“27, with a white lighter” is a follow up to “Home Wrecker” and her other works. A slight lean to the cryptic style of a poetic look of a not nearly an old enough midlife crisis at a not so grand age of 27 written by poet Jennifer Juan.
A blanket of very honest poetry, being a matter of opinion whether too honest but I there’s no shame in a writer / poet not afraid to come out of the shadows. A complete mix of representative poems and prose that fits with her own lifestyle of many fingers in many pies, a poet, producer and film maker, singer and pod-caster - A little bit of everything.
Some of the pieces are long in being abstract but there is a connection with “Biro” for those who put pen to paper and therefor will appreciate its sincerity in its brevity. For the same reason they will find an infinity with the poem “Word porn” too. Hints and tips on writing and Jenifer’s own voice and habits feature on her podcast.
Are there hints of Sylvia Plath? A very chatty anthology with mentions of love and hate, politics, abuse and fascinations in general. This life and world worthy anthology the good does pale against the questionable and bad leading into borderline o.k. There is however hints of modern pop culture and hints of fandom.
There is irony in the poem “Twenty two forever” in a collection which is titled with an age of 27 but that’s the point though isn’t it. We hope to stay an age forever but we do age and simply get older.
“Loving a librarian” is about a relationship on reading (and perhaps a young librarian). Avid readers will know the cravings felt when needing a book to read and how a visit to the library can be the fix needed if only for that brief time you have the ownership of the book. It’s on any readers bucket list to have copious amounts of time to be able to read more.
“Sugar” is bad for you and was almost banned but that just made its deliciousness dream worthy for Jennifer and I would suspect most of her readership. Viva candy, chocolate and fizzy drinks and hooray for Jennifer’s view on being “27 with a white lighter”.
Reviewed by Laura Sansom