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This is a time capsule of sorts. A snapshot on the conflicting feeling about growing up as a Gen Z in my mid-twenties surrounded by my own inner thoughts. It gets really depressing really quickly. I feel like a child even though I am an adult. It is a journey where I have no idea where the destination is or what I am even looking for in the first place. Self-improvement is really hard and change is so scary. These poems revolve around dealing with being in the world as someone that does not seem equipped to be in it, along with all of the joy and sadness that comes with one being alive. You get to read all about my insecurities and my hopes as though it is a therapy session. It is a deeply personal collection of how I currently see myself, the world around me, and the possibilities for the future.

Get ready for a lot of anxious overthinking from a chronically neurotic, sensitive young adult who feels left behind by the outside world. I get really down on myself and explore the possibilities of why I am like this. There are some dark stuff, some humorous stuff, some tragic stuff, some deep stuff, stuff that might make you cry, stuff that might make you want to get up and change your life. Like everything, it is all up to your interpretation on how you see it.

Look, Really See: Introspective Poems About the Struggle to Grow Up as an Adult

SKU: 9789357440783
₹300.00Price
  • Author's Name: Ashley Cohen
    About the Author: Hello, it is I, Ashley Brooke Cohen. I have never been great at introductions and will attempt to convey all of my awkwardness in this small quadrilateral of text. So you want to know things about me? So do I. How can I describe myself when I am still figuring myself out? Let's just get the basics out of the way. I'm 24 years old at the time of this writing. I currently live in Manhattan with my Star Wars action figures. This is my first published work, poetry or otherwise, so I can cross that off my to-do list. Fun fact, despite me being born and raised in New Jersey, I have a valley girl voice. Yeah, like, I don't get it either. I don't really have any accomplishments. I mean, I don't think I have achieved much in my short life yet. Well, I did write all of these poems in this book, that has to count for something. Surviving cancer is an accomplishment too, I guess. I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma back in 2018 and have been in remission since 2019. I am also pursuing standup comedy, one of very few things that I actually enjoy doing. I am way more comfortable up on stage than down in the real world. Maybe I will get super famous from it or something cool like that could happen. If you want to stay up to date with all my misadventures you can follow me on whatever @ashleybrookecohen or you can find me in a back corner of a party being a total loner.

    Book ISBN: 9789357440783

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