Who’s Going to Love the Dying Girl?

Who's Going to Love the Dying Girl? tells the story of a woman diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis who is trying to navigate life and love in a body that is failing. These poems capture the collision of a reckless past and a foreshortened future with unwavering honesty. They confront the title question thrown at her one terrible night.

From the Book

You came here for simple things

you thought would make everything better—

bathtubs and driveways and backyards.

But you never use these things.

Never soak in the bath

or swing in the hammock or rock

in the chair you coveted

for years and finally bought.