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God I Feel Modern Tonight: Poems from a Gal about Town

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Sometimes, even in poetry, we need to take a step back and laugh at life. Do you know how, with semantic satiation, a word becomes meaningless the more you say it? The repetition makes the word sound absurd. Cohen's poems help give clarity to our absurd world. Every day we "wash, rinse, repeat." This book puts the cycle on hold, and we feel refreshed because of it.

Poems of heartbreak and sex, self-care and self-critique, urban adventures and love on the road from the millennial queen and comedy sensation.

In these short, captivating lyrics, Catherine Cohen, the one-woman stand-up chanteuse who electrified the downtown NYC comedy scene in her white go-go boots, and who has been posting poignant, unfiltered poems on social media since before Instagram was a thing, details her life on the prowl with her beaded bag; she ponders guys who call you "dude" ...

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