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AVAILABLE NOW


lemon is an exploration of body and health. The poems in this chapbook come from learning to navigate life with a disability, anxiety and depression, bodily changes, illness and associated medical trauma, and the intersection of physical and mental health.

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lemon is now available at your favorite bookshop! I am so proud of this collection and I am thrilled to share my story with readers all over the world!

 

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lemon book launch party, 2 Dandelions 3.10.2023​

Image of Isabell, smiling, as she performs at the launch event for lemon, 2Dandelions Bookshop, Brighton Michigan. March 10, 2023
book cover for lemon. black background with small pile of lemons, in the center is a lemon that has been partially split in half. text at the top reads "lemon." text at the bottom reads "poems, isabella j mansfield"
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praise for lemon

"Mansfield’s words are honest, sharp, and refreshing. She doesn’t sugarcoat the sourness of disability, illness, or trauma, but confronts them head-on with stinging strength. Yes, “the damaged and broken are lemons,” and this is a compliment, a rallying cry, because Isabella’s poems “spit bitter white pith” right back at you. These poems, filled with emotion and grit, will break your heart, then help you glue the pieces back together."

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Kendra Nuttall, author of A Statistical Study of Randomness

Isabella J Mansfield (she/her) writes about anxiety, intimacy, and body image both generally and as a woman with a disability. She has a love for stage poetry, and has taken her work around the country and across the pond, including performances at the Oberon Theater, Cambridge, MA, and Nambucca London. A two-time Pushcart nominee, and a Write Bloody McCarthy Prize Honorable Mention, Isabella is always looking for ways to bring a little humor into her deeply personal poems, and is almost never sorry to make you cry. Instagram and Facebook @isabellajmansfield

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Poet/Spoken Word Performer

Poetry Open Mic host and Workshop facilitator
2Dandelions Bookshop, Brighton, MI

Press Contact and Booking:
isabellajmansfield@gmail.com
480-845-2304

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