Hi Hart Beat. Have you read Sweetbitter yet? It’s one of the books I keep seeing on the train in Brooklyn and for good reason. I’m not going to go into a detailed review here but my friend Sarah over at Food52 wrote a great write-up that I stand by. One thing that Sarah pointed out that I too loved about the book was how it read like poetry. And, that is why we’re here.
I started following the author Stephanie Danler on Instagram through a friend of a friend who used to work with her at Buvette. I am so glad I did. What I love about Stephanie’s Instagram is that she screenshots and shares some of the beautiful poetry that she’s reading. Reading these poems I can hear her voice in Sweetbitter and it is such a lovely partner to her novel. It’s such a beautiful respite when scrolling through the usual live envying and mouth watering photos that fill most Instagram pates (mine included).
Here are five of my favorite poems that Stephanie has posted over the year,
“I Did Think, Let’s Go About This Slowly” from “Felicity” by Mary Oliver
“Letter to my Twenty Three Year Old Shelf” from “Our Andromeda” by Brenda Shaughnessy
“Before Morning in Perugia” by Jack Gilbert
“The Shampoo” by By Elizabeth Bishop the Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry
Top photo via elle.com
