But I Don't Feel Empowered
Andrews McMeel Publishing · Paperback · May 21, 2024
In But I Don't Feel Empowered, poet and artist Suri Chan harnesses the power of beautiful language and whimsical illustrations to speak about the lighthearted as well as the heartbreaking experiences that bind us.
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- Who it’s for
- Free verse and whimsical illustrations meet heartbreak, womanhood, and the freedom to feel as you do.
- Themes
- Heartbreak and trauma, Womanhood and queer identity, Healing through emotional acceptance
- Pacing
- Reflective
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In But I Don't Feel Empowered, poet and artist Suri Chan harnesses the power of beautiful language and whimsical illustrations to speak about the lighthearted as well as the heartbreaking experiences that bind us. But I Don’t Feel Empowered is Suri Chan’s debut collection of honest, free-verse and whimsically illustrated poems. She explores themes of heartbreak, womanhood, and trauma from the lens of a queer Asian woman coming of age.
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This collection is earnest in its belief that healing is about accepting your emotions as they are. And in a world that asks you to be empowered at all times, it asks you to just be. Deeply moving and thought-provoking, But I Don’t Feel Empowered solidifies Suri as an artist to watch and a voice to root for.
Room for Feeling
Free verse and whimsical illustrations meet heartbreak, womanhood, and the freedom to feel as you do.
Come here for
- Honest poems shaped by a queer Asian woman’s coming of age
- A playful visual touch alongside weightier feelings
Expect
- Reflections on heartbreak, womanhood, and trauma
- A gentle case for letting emotions be what they are
Where it sits
| LGBTQ+ Poetry | 84% |
|---|---|
| Asian American Poetry | 73% |
| Women Poets | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Asian Poetry
- LGBTQ+ Poetry
- Love Poetry
- Authors
- Suri Chan
- Publisher
- Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Published
- May 21, 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Heartbreak and trauma · Womanhood and queer identity · Healing through emotional acceptance
- Reading lane
- Asian Poetry