Goodreads Choice Nominated poet J.R. Rogue’s newest poetry collection—After The Blackout—explores the author’s experiment to give up alcohol for a year. And how it transformed into a new way of life.
Weaving between debilitating hangxiety and the gross marriage between alcohol and her sexual encounters, the author tears down memories and walls to expose the black and white definition of alcohol abuse society feeds us. And brings the stark truth to the surface—the face of alcohol use disorder can be anyone, and any reason to give up alcohol is valid.
This collection is about everything we lose and the ways we let ourselves go.
J.R. Rogue has self-published five novels and ten poetry collections. Several of her poetry collections have become bestsellers, including Tell Me Where It Hurts, La Douleur Exquise, and Exits, Desires, & Slow Fires, two of which were also Goodreads Choice Nominees for poetry. In her latest book of poems, I’m Not Your Paper Princess, the author focuses on love, heartache, and continuously discovering old truths in new ways.
Don’t forget that when you order the paperback on Amazon you can get the ebook on Amazon for .99 cents!
❝ Wow. J.R. Rogue may not have invented angst, but she perfected it. I mean that in the best way possible. Tired of reading poetry that doesn’t feel like poetry to you? Pick up this book. ❞ – Author, Alicia Cook
❝ Rogue returns in true form, punching you in the gut with angst and anger and sadness, never taking it easy on her audience. The emotion is palpable. The intensity is real. Rogue truly never disappoints, always delivering the best. ❞ – Author, Kat Savage
❝ Angry. Sad. Vulnerable. Open. Heartbreaking. This is my favorite collection of Rogue’s poems to date. ❞ – Under the Cover Book Blog ⠀ ❝ A poet who can make you feel their words, is something that isn’t always easy to achieve. We aren’t all going through heartbreak, but I dare you to read ‘Breakings’ and not feel its depth. I dare you to read ‘Laugh’ and not feel the weight of the emotion. It’s all so heavy, yet I felt lighter after reading it. ❞ – A Risque’ Affair Book Blog
❝ Good poetry will leave you speechless. Great poetry will leave you breathless. I am both. ❞ – Author, Amanda Cuff ⠀ ❝ There’s such a strong sense of emotion behind every syllable Rogue puts on paper and her words blow me away EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I read with shaky breaths and watery eyes. Not wanting it to end but knowing I’ll reread it time and time again. ❞ – Spine and Designs
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