I Will Get Up Off Of

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Overthinking simple actions leads to overwhelming poems about what one can lean on if promised help doesnt help

I Will Get Up Off Of is a book about trying to leave a chair. How does anyone ever leave a chair There are so many muscles involved so many tarot cards, coats, meds, McNuggets, and memes. In this book, poems are attempts and failures at movement as the speaker navigates her anxiety and depression in whatever way she can, looking for hope from social workers on Zoom, wellness influencers, and psychics alike. Eventually, the poems explode in frustration, splintering into various art forms as attempts at expression become more and more desperate. What is there to lean on when avenues promising help dont help I Will Get Up Off Of explores the role art plays in survival and the hope that underlies any creative impulse.

Author Bio

Simina Banu is a writer and musician living in Montreal. She likes investigating the inexpressibility of feelings, of anxiety and depression against the backdrop of capitalism, technology and the Internet. I Will Get Up Off Of is her second book. She has also written POP (Coach House, 2020), and several chapbooks.