{"product_id":"sick-of-being-inside-myself-alexandra-naughton-9798317434076","title":"Sick of Being Inside Myself: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis is the new Alexandra Naughton poetry collection. You know her. She's been publishing critically acclaimed books for over a decade. She wrote one about Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, and another that loosely referenced Lana Del Rey. Prolific as hell. She had a baby and now lives in Philly. She's a menace when it comes to karaoke. Her latest literary adventure, this one, deals with geographical longing, sus relationships, pop-culture obsession, strip-mall memories, abstract conversations with people at parties, and just typical Millennial malaise involving small joys hidden within ordinary traumas.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Alexandra somehow melds lurking on Myspace, watching \u003ci\u003eGodfather Part III \u003c\/i\u003ewith a toxic ex (and then having euphoric recall about it), and objectifying the self into such a perfect bouquet. Shame has never been so fun! Poems [that are] equally punchy as they are tender as they are funny. Like how even a hundred years later a painting can make a bruise on a fruit look beautiful. I enjoyed them a lot!\"-\u003cb\u003eEM FRANK, author of \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Days\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Am Trying to Love You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Alexandra Naughton's \u003ci\u003eSick of Being Inside Myself\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to feminine apocalypse-an earth-shattering realization that we are always living and dying-where receipts are tokens, TV is church, and poems are for everyone, this collection is a spectacle where the speaker is enamored by what the reader has.\"-\u003cb\u003eCARSON JORDAN, author of \u003ci\u003eGood for Her\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What does the self even mean? Alexandra repeatedly asks this question because we all troll ourselves; she's smart enough to recognize it. The honesty we portray ourselves as flummoxed by the glimmer of the online and mindless media consumption, like the ambience of a family now replaced by the hit of Netflix, of rewatching Dexter and The Sopranos, comfort foods for the mind. Her question of 'Am I shadow banned or am I just not that interesting?' hits like a ton of bricks. Even now, that question still hurts, as the online has become the real and the offline the unreal.\"-\u003cb\u003eBEACH SLOTH, author of \u003ci\u003eMark's My Friend \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIt Doesn't Matter What You Look Like on the Outside It's What's on the Internet That Counts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Naughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798317434076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Alexandra Naughton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47612044050687,"sku":"9798317434076","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23533c6d-5f91-423e-8e6f-439d2d336b0c.jpg?v=1764517794","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sick-of-being-inside-myself-alexandra-naughton-9798317434076","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}