I Hope This Finds You Well

Kate Baer

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Année: 2021
• ISBN:
  9780063137981
• Sujet: Literature
• Sous-sujet: Poetry

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Kind of Woman returns with a collection of erasure poems created from notes she received from followers, supporters and detractors—an artform that reclaims the vitriol from online trolls and inspires readers to transform what is ugly or painful in their own lives into something beautiful.

"I'm sure you could benefit from jumping on a treadmill"

"Women WANT a male leader... It's honest to god the basic human playbook"

These are some of the thousands of messages that Kate Baer has received online. Like countless other writers—particularly women—with profiles on the internet, as Kate's online presence grew, so did the darker messages crowding her inbox. These missives from strangers have ranged from "advice" and opinions to outright harassment.

At first, these messages resulted in an immediate delete and block. Until, on a whim, Kate decided to transform the cruelty into art, using it to create fresh and intriguing poems. These pieces, along with ones made from notes of gratitude and love, as well as from the words of public figures, have become some of her most beloved work.

I Hope This Finds You Well is drawn from those works: a book of poetry birthed in the darkness of the internet that offers light and hope. By cleverly building on the harsh negativity and hate women often receive—and combining it with heartwarming messages of support, gratitude, and connection, Kate Baer offers us a lesson in empowerment, showing how we too can turn bitterness into beauty.

Table des matières

• Cover
• Also by Kate Baer
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Author’s Note
• Re: On Women in the White House
• Re: Why Americans Respect Conservative Women from Steve Bannon to the New York Times
• Re: When Chad Is a Dad
• Re: That f****** b**** from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the House of Representatives
• Re: Being Called a Mommy Writer
• Re: Fat Girl Smiling in a Bathing Suit
• Re: Comment Section Under Fat Girl Smiling in a Bathing Suit
• Re: Check Out Your Exclusive Offer with ***** *****
• Re: My Girlfriend from Another School
• Re: Comment Section on Getting Your Body Back After Birth
• Re: Your Mommy Pouch
• Re: Relentless Motherhood
• Re: Me Too
• Re: The Memory of Drunk Teenagers from Brett Kavanaugh to the Senate Judiciary Committee
• Re: Boys Will Be Boys by Donald J. Trump
• Re: Your Random Profile
• Re: Freedom
• Re: My Black Friend
• Re: Your Facial Sagging
• Re: The Male Ego
• Re: Men Sending Unsolicited Dick Pics, Praying the Gay Away
• Re: The Universal Greg
• Re: Smart Women by Joseph Epstein for the Wall Street Journal
• Re: Your Excellence by Debi Pearl
• Re: Comment Section Under a Gay Couple’s Surprise Engagement
• Re: Sodom and Gomorrah from Isaiah 1:9, 15–17
• Re: An Hour of Your Time
• Re: Separation of Worth and Body
• Re: Teaching Students the Art of Connection
• Re: Comment Section Under a Photo of a Tired Mother in Pandemic Times
• Re: Storming the Capitol
• Re: Leaving the White House from Donald J. Trump to Mike Pence
• Re: Personal Branding
• Re: Monika Diamond
• Re: Holding Police Accountable
• Re: Poems Made from Online Messages
• Re: My Daughter’s Struggles
• Notes on Sources
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• About the Publisher