ily

"ily" is a raw, cinematic, and unflinching poetry collection by actress and model Eugenia Kuzmina. Moving from the freezing food lines of Soviet Moscow to the high-stakes "glass ceiling" of Hollywood, these poems serve as a "Hero's Journey" toward the self.

A Journey Through the Storms of Becoming Kuzmina strips away the "dissociating mirrors of glamor" to reveal the girl behind the magazine covers. With "heart over head," she explores the "imperfection of life" through themes of:

• Inherite...