Sincerely Yours: letters poetry

is a collection of poetry that blends the political, societal, and philosophical with the personal. With artful reflections and bold assertions, award-winning poet Rachel Toalson challenges societal expectations, gender norms, and the lies that keep us small while celebrating the collective hope found in our shared humanity and purpose. Divided into seven sections—love letters, entreaty letters, angry letters, protest letters, thank you letters, forgiveness letters, and empowerment letters— examines the most difficult parts of life (infertility, cancer, death), the most beautiful (family relationships, romance, time), and everything in between. Part cultural criticism, part wonder-filled examination of life, is a witty, expansive, genuine celebration of what it means to be human. Profound, earnest, and powerful, is Rachel’s sixth poetry book.