MIXTAPES

MIXTAPES shows us the connections between memories and dreams and nightmares like no other collection of poetry I have ever read. This collection does not hesitate to push boundaries and break expectations. Ambitious, daring and human.

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Praise for MIXTAPES

MIXTAPES shows us the connections between memories and dreams and nightmares like no other collection of poetry I have ever read. This collection does not hesitate to push boundaries and break expectations. Ambitious, daring and human. Rachael Crosbie has outdone herself.

— Tristan Cody, Creative Director of POCKETFIRE

Rachael Crosbie’s MIXTAPES is a melodic dichotomy. In side 1, Crosbie frames the past self as a “you” in absentia, elegizing them at a distance, while her B-sides take a wistful turn toward a world where one’s self is all there is. On both sides of this titular tape, lyrical, visceral visions will strike a chord with every reader. Long after reading, Crosbie’s MIXTAPES will play on in your mind and heart.

—Isaura Ren, editor-in-chief of perhappened and author of interlucent (2020)

Aptly named, editor, songwriter, and poet Rachael Crosbie’s collection, MIXTAPES, is a marriage of poetry and musical lyricism. Side 1: You in Absentia and Side 2: The B-Sides, though different, are two halves of a whole. Like a cassette loaded with precise and powerful imagery, each poem clicks into the next seamlessly. The speaker crones to the reader with each poem painting a picture of emotional yet tender. In a voice completely her own, Crosbie calls on the universal and is able to do something almost impossible: shape unrelenting emotion into unique, beautiful, melancholic language.

—Keana Aguila Labra, editor-in-chief of Marías at Sampaguitas and author of NO SAINTS (2020)

About the Author

Rachael Crosbie is from a small town outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has a BA in English Literature, and she is currently studying Publishing at New York University: School of Professional Studies. Rachael is the Editor-in-Chief and founder of the winnow magazine and the Poetry Editor of POCKETFIRE. Her poetry is forthcoming or published in Cobra Milk, Lucky Pierre Zine, Off the Coast, and others. Above all, she loves dissecting horror films with her fiancé, petting cats, and playing Animal Crossing.

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