Jessica Bebenek, I REMEMBER THE EXORCISM

This book is Joe Brainard’s classic “I Remember” from the perspective of a woman looking back on a formative but toxic relationship. It’s an exorcism of the lasting possessions of old loves, of insecurities and anxieties, of body politics and indie rock. It’s a reminder that sometimes we see what has to be done for a long time before we’re able—in all the ways we need to get able—to do it. It’s Manic Panic and Weezer and thigh-high socks, but with an ethos that’s so contemporary. Every reader should be prepared for moments of identification, but if you’re a Toronto hipster woman in your 30s with at least one douche ex in your emotional baggage, get ready to be seen, and sorry/not sorry ‘bout it.

Printed in a limited run of fifty copies at Product Photo in Toronto, this chapbook has a cover designed by Alysha Dawn, printed using thermography at Colour Code in Toronto. Typeset by Dani Spinosa, and hand-stitched by your fave editors in a cute cotton candy pink.