In this slim volume of poems, Caroline Hagood offers a surreal journey through the fever dream of creativity, exploring what it means to grow up as a woman and poet sensitive to the point of being skinless, walking the line between inspiration and madness daily. Starting from early childhood and moving forward, these poems address gender and trauma, sex and bathroom humor, the misbehaving mind, relationships, and more. A poet’s attempt to transcend suffering through writing, Lunatic Speaks is by turns funny, sad, and, joyous.
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Caroline Hagood is an English PhD candidate with a focus in 20th century American poetry at Fordham University, where she works for Poets Out Loud and CURA literary magazine. Her poetry has appeared in Shooting the Rat (Hanging Loose Press), the Huffington Post, and kill author, among others. She has also written on film and literature for The Guardian, The Economist, Salon, and the Huffington Post. Lunatic Speaks is her first full-length poetry collection.
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Caroline Hagood is a poet and English PhD candidate at Fordham University, where she works as the Graduate Assistant for Poets Out Loud and the Graduate Editor for CURA literary magazine. Her poetry has appeared in Shooting the Rat (Hanging Loose Press), the Huffington Post, kill author, and La Petite Zine, among others. She has also written on film and literature for The Guardian, The Economist, Salon, and the Huffington Post.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By charleysax
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This poet has a goofy, unorthodox view of the world which she exposes whether we like it or not. Her work can be raw and vulnerable, but it is always readable and full of the wonder of life. This is her first full-length title. Everyone who loves poetry should go out and buy one for themselves and one for their best friend.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Adventurous, agile and inventive poems that blend a romantic lyricism with a witty, edgy contemporary sensibility; charming, original, deep. The arrangement of the poems into a narrative arc is especially impressive.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Tilly
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I am not a person who typically likes poetry as I often find it pretentious. My friend recommended this book to me and I was truly shocked at how much I enjoyed it. The poems are moving, full of character, and the author's voice feels genuine, the words unforced. I am looking forward to future works by the author as she is a singular talent.
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By Sophie
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Caroline Hagood is an emerging talent. Her work manages to be honest and vulnerable while staying measured with precise word choices and unique (sometimes harrowing) imagery. Taking on subjects from the mundane to the magical, each poem is startlingly effective and touching. Remember the name, this writer is bound to go far.
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By Mia Suzuki
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Beautiful, gritty, raw, intense, soft, lyrical, current, humorous, bold, melodic, witty, charming, and brilliant. Caroline Hagood is a beyond brilliant poet that has an incredible talent for stringing words together in a unique, beautiful, thoughtful, and interesting way. Cannot wait to read more from this very talented poet.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Christene
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"I'm not much on poetry, but I found Caroline's work very
readable, very interesting, very personal, but at the same time,
she has a beautiful way of looking at things. Her book made me
associate so many things, and I have a better understanding of
poetry because of it. I even got out an old textbook from my
son's school ("Introduction To the Poem," by Robert W. Boynton
and Maynard Mack - Hayden Book Co.) to learn more about
poetry. I like the way this young woman in a very modern way
has shared something personal without making it difficult,
without a lot of symbols and hidden meanings, to convey her
deep feelings. Subtle, but right out there. This is a brave book.
readable, very interesting, very personal, but at the same time,
she has a beautiful way of looking at things. Her book made me
associate so many things, and I have a better understanding of
poetry because of it. I even got out an old textbook from my
son's school ("Introduction To the Poem," by Robert W. Boynton
and Maynard Mack - Hayden Book Co.) to learn more about
poetry. I like the way this young woman in a very modern way
has shared something personal without making it difficult,
without a lot of symbols and hidden meanings, to convey her
deep feelings. Subtle, but right out there. This is a brave book.
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Caroline Hagood's poems in this volume strike that balance of playful and sombre -- touching on issues like sex, gender, femininity, relationships, selfhood and nostalgia -- which are all serious topics du jour. However, the writing elicits a inviting sing-song melody that is accessible even to those who don't read poetry. Hagood is a wordsmith, but not in order to showboat her intelligence nor grasp of language. She uses words in all their simplicity, and brings the reader into her world in the most gently seductive way. Highly recommend!
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"I want to talk bowel movements/walk straight up to the next well-bred woman I see..." How often I have felt that way! Ms. Hagood's lines contain a weird truth of our civilization. Regardless of social or economic status, we tend toward self-deception on many levels, and love to put shiny veneer over walls full of mold. Ms. Hagood consistently THINKS and OBSERVES before she speaks, an inherent quality of being, which allows her poems to far surpass the effusions and out-right vanity of many contemporary poets.
Her poems are rare and beautiful gems like the poems of Emily Dickinson. We find concise clarity of expression and a wealth of well-formed ideas, which offer a comprehensive report on tenderness and responsibility, accuracy and illusion, and the vast perversion of language in the 21st century, where our limited vocabulary and instant digital delivery make worthwhile communication nearly impossible. She may compose poems on a laptop, but Ms. Hagood's ideas are hand-written, borne on her sensual tongue and lips, tactile, primal, personal, and above all, poetic.
Her poems are rare and beautiful gems like the poems of Emily Dickinson. We find concise clarity of expression and a wealth of well-formed ideas, which offer a comprehensive report on tenderness and responsibility, accuracy and illusion, and the vast perversion of language in the 21st century, where our limited vocabulary and instant digital delivery make worthwhile communication nearly impossible. She may compose poems on a laptop, but Ms. Hagood's ideas are hand-written, borne on her sensual tongue and lips, tactile, primal, personal, and above all, poetic.
