"Lessons My Trauma Taught Me" by Nicole Hiser is a testimonial for any women who has survived. For those once traumatized little girls who are now women wanting to live, Hiser reminds to keep fighting back, keep following your dreams, and to learn from each other.

From the first poem in "doc.x," Godley prepares us for a collection that is daring, revealing, and intensely vivid. The collection’s only downfall is that it is not a thousand pages longer.