Check out this new review I wrote about Pella Felton's new uniquely wonderful poetry collection, {f}ragile Nests (published by Roadside Press) and then consider buying a copy of the book if you don't have one yet.
Thank you to The Literary Underground for publishing my review.
Here is a link to the whole review, followed by a few snippets from the review - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/07/23/juliet-cook-reviews-fragile-nests-by-pella-felton/
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"The beginning of the book involves an interesting and multifaceted Prologue, which expresses, among many other contradictory complexities, “I co[m]e fro[m] a box that should not exist”. But Pella’s box definitely does exist (within many different facets and interconnections), definitely deserves to exist, and definitely deserves to be viewed, heard, read, and explored."
one snippet from the review; read more by clicking the link above
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"...poems within this collection include more elements of amusement, and sarcasm, and anger, sadness, loneliness… —trying one’s best to become one’s true and genuine self (even if people who were a significant part of your past cannot entirely understand or accept who you truly are and despite other people’s disapproval and discomfort). What if the real true you is invisible to others? What if the real true you is ignored by others? What if the real true you is disliked or disregarded by others?
How does one deal with feeling invisible to parts of one’s own past (including some friends, family members, significant others, your past spouse), because they don’t understand the real you whom you are transitioning into, and they would rather disassociate from a reality they don’t personally relate to? This collection addresses and explores some of these kinds of thoughts, feelings, questions and pain."
another snippet from the review; read more by clicking the link above
