Early Reviewers
Capitalism got you down? Me too.
Do you shell out cookie-cutter answers in every horrible interview? Did society pressure you to enter the workforce, or was that Mom and Dad? Do you fantasize about running away and living off the grid in desolate Wyoming? If you have answered "yes" to any of the following questions, then you are also familiar with getting f*cked by job hunting.
The Art of Job Hunting: A Dramedy in Verse is Anastasia Helena Fenald's second poetry collection, a classic one-two punch of humorous satire and blunt truth. While taking inspiration from job applications, skill assessments, and interview questions, each poem delivers wit and sarcasm sprinkled with plenty of uncomfortable booming honesty. These poems also embrace the bitter and frustrating aspects of job seeking, such as desperation, lying, and not being good enough. Refreshingly, Fenald refuses to answer each question with a lousy fake "can-do" attitude. The Art of Job Hunting is for anyone living paycheck to paycheck, plotting to cannibalize the rich, and still hopeful enough to think they have a chance against nepo babies.
The Art of Job Hunting contains adult material such as harsh language and sexual content, which some readers might find upsetting.
- Media
- Ebook
- Genres
- Poetry, Fiction and Literature, Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- Offered by
- asiastana (Author)
- Published by
- Riot of Roses Publishing House LLC
- Batch
- April 2024 Starts: 2024-04-01Ended: 2024-04-25
- On Sale
- 2023-11-28
- Countries
- Available in all countries
- Links
- Book Information
LibraryThing Work Page - Receipt
- 1 reviewed
Hi! :)
As a small introduction, my name is Anastasia Helena Fenald and my second collection is a satire poetic dramedy called The Art of Job Hunting: A Dramedy in Verse. In exchange for an honest review, this satirical work pokes fun at job applications, assessments, and interviews by answering real questions you'd come across during the job-seeking process, but it also fans those flames of irritation most people have. While many of the poems are written in a "prose" style, I promise that the rhythm is there! It does have strong language and some sexual content, though.
I am a poet from the small press called Riot of Roses Publishing House located in Whitter, California, part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. We are Xicana owned and powered by women. We focus on marginalized voices that have normally been silenced. I like to call us an alternative feminist press really devoted to discussing intersectionality in our work.
