Liza Achilles
Selected for DCTRENDING‘s Summer Booklist 2024: Best New Books by D.C. Area Authors
“An intimate, often hilarious, always relatable debut. . . . It’s raw, honest, sex-positive, and brave. . . . A beautifully written and accessible collection of poetry.” —Norah Vawter, DCTRENDING magazine
“These verses vividly illustrate the familiar figure of a person tragically in love. . . . A brazen account of love and sex.” —Kirkus Reviews
Upon suffering a computer overuse injury and seeking treatment, Liza Achilles fell in love with her physical therapist. As her arms healed, she began writing Shakespearean sonnets addressed to him. Between November 2016 and November 2017, she continued writing poems to chronicle the true story of her ever-changing love life, often putting a humorous spin on her daily struggles of the heart. Two Novembers is a sonnet sequence that carries the beauty and drama of an ancient poetic style into the twenty-first century.