Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | History, Advice, and Other Half-Truths | 2012 | Shana Youngdahl | Buy |
Shana Youngdahl’s poetry collection, History, Advice, and Other Half-Truths (2012), gathers poems that examine family history, memory, and the gap between what happened and what we choose to remember. The title itself suggests the unreliability of personal narrative.
The collection shows Youngdahl’s skill with language and her ability to find meaning in everyday details. For readers who know her through her fiction, the poetry offers a more concentrated version of the same preoccupations with time, identity, and the stories that shape us.