A bit much : poems
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2024.
Physical Description
xvii, 277 pages ; 21 cm
Summary
"The debut poetry collection from Lyndsay Rush (aka @maryoliversdrunkcousin) is a humorous and joyful celebration of big feelings, tender truths, and hard-won wisdom, for fans of Maggie Smith, Kate Baer, and Kate Kennedy. At long last, a book of poetry for people who didn't even know they liked poetry. And they're in good company: author Lyndsay Rush didn't know she liked it either. That is, until she embarked on an internet experiment under the Instagram username @MaryOliversDrunkCousin that turned into a body of work that struck a chord with women across the country; thanks to her signature wordplay, witticisms, and-against all odds-wisdom. With titles like "Shedonism", "Someone to Eat Chips With", "It's Called Maximalism, Babe", and "Breaking News: Local Women Gets Out of Bed", Rush's debut collection of poetry uses humor to grapple with the female experience-from questioning whether or not to have children, to roasting the patriarchy, to challenging what it means to "age gracefully"-and each piece delivers gut-punching truths alongside gratifying punchlines. Readers walk away from Lyndsay's work feeling seen, celebrated, and wholly convinced that joy is an urgent, worthwhile pursuit. With over 140 convention-bending poems-most of which are never-before-seen-this book is quite literally A Bit Much"--
Contents
- PART I: When You Have a Crush on Everything and Everyone. In Florida, an Invasive Snail Is Helping Save an Endangered Bird
- Make Like a Tree and Love
- Tonight I'm Doordashing
- Someone to Eat Chips With
- Safe Travels
- Frequent Crier
- I Think My Parents Invented the Staycation
- Best Friends
- Code Red
- Crush Energy
- You've Got Mail
- How to Talk Dirty to Me
- Love Is What, Now?
- Loving Each Other
- What a Catch
- We're Not Getting Any Younger, Woman
- Like Trying to Hold a Snowflake
- You're the Only Ten I See
- My Boyfriend Is From Alabama
- This Little Light
- Until the Snow Begins to Fall
- Ante Hero
- This 500-Ton Boulder in Finland Has Been Balancing on Top of Another Rock for at Least 8,000 Years
- Covered
- Dawn Soap and a Toothbrush
- All of the Awkward Things I Missed During the Pandemic
- These Are the Days
- Caretaking Notes
- Hand Me Downs
- Mortifying Every Poet Dead and Alive by Trying to Describe Love
- PART II: When the Monster Turns Out to Be Three Dogs in a Trench Coat. His Body Is Bread and so Is Mine
- Hysterical
- Things That Taste as Good as Skinny Feels
- It's All Downhill After 30
- Hot Sh*t
- Love Yourself, Gurl!
- I'm Giving Up for Lent
- Reverse Aging is The Easy Way!
- Let Go and Let Goddess
- Abs of Steel, Buns of Cinnamon
- Wet n Wild Geese
- Growing a Pair
- Wrong Answers Only
- Basically an Archaeologist
- Mermaid in America
- Boo!
- Abs-olutely Hysterical
- Maybe Crocs Are Okay
- Prime Time
- A Race Against the Guac
- Goops I Did It Again
- Help
- "You Have a Lot on Your Plate"
- Ordering from the Kids' Menu
- A Chip off the Old Narcissist A Race Against Time
- Help!
- Have a Lot on Your Plate?
- Ordering from the Kids' Menu
- Chip Off the Old Narcissist
- How Lovely to Be a Woman
- Promise Ring Pop
- Keep It Simple, Susan
- "Marie! The Baguettes, Hurry Up!"
- Heck Yes, I Have an MFA: Major Freakin' Attitude
- Beware of Lost Boys
- Double Duty
- There Are No Exceptions for the Life of the Mother
- A Republican in Sheep's Clothing
- Resurrectile Dysfunction
- Mum's the Word
- Retirement Plans
- PART III: When You Have Main Character Syndrome and Aren't Looking for a Cure. She's a Bit Much
- Hot Girl Walks
- Cool as a Cucumber
- A Little Bit Louder Now
- A Little Bit Louder Now: The Remix
- Shedonism
- An Idiom-Proof Life
- It's Called Maximalism, Babe
- It's Called Maximalism, Babe: The Remix
- And the Oscar Goes To
- Braggadocious with the Mostess
- "What Have You Been Up to Lately?"
- Peace, Not Quiet
- Drinking Iced Coffee in January
- The Results are in, Amigo, What's Left to Ponder?
- (I've Had) the Maritime of My Life
- Share Plates
- An Error Message Just for You
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- The FBI Agent Watching Me Through My MacBook Camera Knows
- It's Amateur Hour Somewhere
- Two Very Enthusiastic Thumbs Up
- Two Very Enthusiastic Thumbs Up: The Remix
- A Spell for Success --- Almond Joys
- Cartwheeling Snakes May Be Trying to Bamboozle Predators
- She's So Sensitive
- She's So Sensitive: The Remix
- Good for Her
- Strong Female Lead
- Have We Met Before?
- Hard Pass
- 2 Hard 2 Pass: Director's Cut Ending
- 2023 and Me
- Like a Duck Eating Lunch
- She's Not a Serious Artist
- I Am Not Afraid to Be Seen Trying
- For She's a Jolly Good Fellow
- Out of Office Message. Part IV: When Someone Telling You to Relax Actually Works. BREAKING NEWS: Local Woman Gets Out of Bed
- Reassurances to Save for a Rainy Day
- Cracks of Light
- I'm Not Like Other Girls, I'm Worse
- Cute, if True
- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
- About 500 Pounds of Pasta Was Found Along a Stream in New Jersey
- A Hump Day Blessing
- Sticky Notes
- I Can't Imagine a More Beautiful Thing
- Easy, Breezy, Lemon Squeezy
- Easy, Breezy, Lemon Squeezy: The Remix
- Stillness and Silliness
- There Are Dozens of Us
- That's Why They Call It Eco Friendly
- When Are You Guys Gonna Have Kids?
- The Darkest Day of the Year
- Celebrate Bad Times...Come On!
- If I Don't Text Back
- Today, Let's Harness the Energy of a White Man Jaywalking
- A Get-Together to Fall Apart
- Top Down, Cruising in My Own Lane
- Advice to My Younger Self-LOL JK No
- Reassurances to Save for a Stormy Day
- Eye Creams & IRAs
- How Do You Kiss Your Old Body Goodbye?
- Siri, Play "Peaches" by Justin Bieber
- You Can't Please Everyone
- To Anyone Who Saw Me Walking Down Riverside Crying
- I'll Hold It for You
- I Will Remind You of Your Joy
- California to See Its First Superblooms in Years
- Wild Goose Chase
- What It Feels Like to be at Peace with Myself.