Take Me with You

<b>A surprising and powerful (<i>The Millions</i>) book of poetry that's small enough to carry with you but full of messages big enough to stay with you--from one of the most quotable and influential poets of our time the subject of the award-winning film <i>Come See Me in the Good Light</i>.</b> <p/><i>Just to be clear I don't want to get out without a broken heart. I intend to leave this life so shattered there better be a thousand separate heavens for all my flying parts.</i> <p/>In <i>Take Me With You</i> Andrea Gibson explores themes of love gender politics sexuality family and forgiveness with stunning imagery and a fierce willingness to delve into the exploration of what it means to heal and to be different in this strange age. <p/>Illustrated throughout with evocative line drawings by Sarah J. Coleman this book is divided into three sections: On Love On the World and On Becoming. Written in one-liners couplets greatest hits phrases and longer-form poems it has something for everyone and is destined to be placed in stockings lockers and the hands of anyone who could use its wisdom.