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What does it mean to love someone well? What does it mean to be a good daughter or a good wife? What does it look like to step outside the way these roles have been prescribed to us? In her debut full-length collection I Now Pronounce You Caroline Earleywine explores these questions and more as she takes us on the journey of a daughter processing the emotional landscape of her parents divorce an Arkansas public school teacher coming to terms with her queerness and a wife navigating the vulnerable work it takes to love your partner along with yourself as you both grow and change. Earleywine s lyricism is as sharp as it is inviting and so is her portrayal of a more nuanced truth. She leaves no stone unturned in her quest to free herself from the weight of shame and silence while trying to honor the truth of those around her. She s a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee was a 2021 finalist for Nimrod s Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry and has work in Glass: A Journal of Poetry Barrelho