The Shatter Between Heartbeats
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Book Overview The Shatter Between Heartbeats is not a poetry collection. It is a psychological event. A descent into the raw architecture of the human ...
The Shatter Between Heartbeats is not a poetry collection. It is a psychological event. A descent into the raw architecture of the human mind, where trauma is not described but embodied-where anxiety tightens like a vice, depression seals every exit, and survival is carved line by line without anesthesia. Written by E.T. Vale and edited by Amir Kapoor, this groundbreaking anthology explores the lived experience of mental illness through twenty-four unflinching, interconnected poems. Each piece grips the reader like a synaptic misfire, looping and rupturing in form, mimicking the patterns of a brain caught in survival mode.
Perfect for fans of Ocean Vuong, Anne Carson, and Sylvia Plath, The Shatter Between Heartbeats breaks the boundaries of poetic language to reveal what it means to live inside a mind that won't shut off. This collection doesn't flinch-it bleeds while exploring the author's truth in a way only he could.
Structured like an anxiety attack and culminating in a poem composed entirely of the final lines of every piece before it, the book itself is recursive, hallucinatory, and unforgettable. It offers no comfort, no clean endings, no recovery arc-only truth, spoken aloud.
Featuring standout poems like "The Choice That Was Never Mine," "Hold On," "Blood, Sand, and Bleach," and the devastating closer "The Sum Continuum," the anthology walks the line between poetry and psychosis, making it a must-read for survivors, seekers, and anyone who has ever felt undone by their own thoughts.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 102 | Language: English | Publisher: INDEPENDENT CAT | ISBN: 1961763990
FormatHardcover
Pages102
LanguageEnglish
ISBN1961763990
EAN9781961763999
PublisherINDEPENDENT CAT
Publication Date2025-08-01
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight0.5 Pounds
Length8.0 Inches
Width5.0 Inches
Height0.31 Inches
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