Mamie Morgan Midsummer Night's Toast (Paperback)

Midsummer Night's ToastMamie MorganLabel: Ohio University PressDescription: Midsummer Night’s Toast is a collection that answers to no one a freedom we learn the speaker has finally afforded herself after a half-life spent under the glaring light of tradition fear of men of institutions. She’s answered to her parents to students to academia shame to the workshop model to various earlier versions of herself and is ready-in short-to have a good time. The invite list for this particular party belongs entirely to her: friends street names Kelly Ripa inside a crossword puzzle bounced checks hurricanes and Marilyn Hacker frat boys and birds bridal shops Chaucer the pictures her husband draws King Arthur Adrienne Rich. She’s sad for sure and angry but she’s also fierce as fire. At times these poems feel hurried because they are. The landscape of this book feels like that penultimate moment in When Harry Met Sally when Billy Crystal says “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. Mamie Morgan is reenacting a half-life of pain utilizing a kaleidoscope she’s crafted from discarded paper felt cheap gemstones crayons worn to nubs and mixtapes. Lots of mixtapes.

Mamie Morgan Midsummer Night's Toast (Paperback) is the perfect gift for book lovers and vintage-loving readers interested in a charming adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, filled with illustrations and quotes that capture the spirit of the summer season.