num_pages: 144
description: From one of the most-viewed spoken word poets of all time a collection exploring loneliness anxiety and longingand finding peace and even joy in unexpected placesSabrina Benaim author of Depression &amp; Other Magic Tricks  has connected deeply with readers and reached millions of viewers through her poetry breaking down the stigma around mental illness. Now she dives into challenging and universal grief over a relationships end loneliness in a world under lockdown and the anxiety of caring for a loved one from afar in the wake of a serious diagnosis. Unfurling over the course of one month in 2020 in seventy-five original poems I Love You Call Me Back grapples with mental health struggles and the uncertainty of the moment and beyond. In isolation Sabrina dares to embrace loneliness in all its the sorrow of getting your mothers voicemail when you call to say I love you; the bitter-sweetness when your dog takes up your exs side of the bed; the joys of eating ice cream for dinner and singing badly loudly . In her raw and deeply relatable style Sabrina reminds us to love our whole you cant have joy without sorrow and being anxious or depressed doesnt mean you can never be happy. In her words Sometimes self-care is just surviving. And thats okay. Sabrina shows us that theres beauty and courage in that too.
language: English
title: I Love You, Call Me Back: Poems
publisher: Plume