There is poetry and prose interspersed in author Maggie Millner’s Couplets, a novelty in the contemporary literature space. She interweaves visceral emotion in (you guessed it), couplets, and semi-proses, spanning across a hundred pages or so. Due to her second-person perspective, Millner’s writing feels transcendental. Almost like when you encounter a near-death experience and perceive yourself from another body. Every action, every feeling, hangs heavy with scrutiny.
She adds to this idea in her prose, stating: “You took great comfort…in writing that seemed to relate to its author as both the object and the subject of the work.”
And this self-awareness of the form, and herself, shines through in the book. Millner pries her mind open, laying out her desires, and more importantly, her premonitions about love, and life. Due to the retrospective nature of the book, her present and past get inter
mingled, giving the reader a very well-rounded view of…
