EARLY PRAISE FOR APHRODITE MADE ME DO IT
“To hold these words is to understand what color feels like through every season. It is honest, like rain. It is brave, like forgiveness.”
- Wilder, author of Nocturnal
- Wilder, author of Nocturnal
PRAISE FOR HONEYBEE
“With gut truths and gin-clear imagery, Trista Mateer reminds us of all those places left unexplored by language. The wonders and especially the heartbreaks of love occupy much of her attention, and also best demonstrate her uncanny ability to chart new ground.”
- Foreword Reviews
“This is a collection that will beg you to be dog-eared, coffee-stained, and shared.”
- Amanda Lovelace, author of the princess saves herself in this one
“Bitter sweet with memory and softness, this book is an intimate and profound look at sexuality, heartbreak, loneliness, love, loss, and everything in between.”
- Nikita Gill, author of Wild Embers
- Foreword Reviews
“This is a collection that will beg you to be dog-eared, coffee-stained, and shared.”
- Amanda Lovelace, author of the princess saves herself in this one
“Bitter sweet with memory and softness, this book is an intimate and profound look at sexuality, heartbreak, loneliness, love, loss, and everything in between.”
- Nikita Gill, author of Wild Embers
PRAISE FOR BEFORE THE FIRST KISS
“More poetry has been written about love and specifically, the loss of love than perhaps anything else. This book, in a brutally beautiful way, is what happens when the person you’ve lost, writes back. [...] A raw, painfully honest and beautiful documentation of the space between two people.”
– Iain S. Thomas, author of I Wrote This For You
“Before the First Kiss is a beautiful tapestry of two interlocking narratives, it illustrates how love and dance are not as different as we think. They both require us to throw caution to the wind and feel something so deeply that our bodies begin to speak for themselves.”
– Rudy Francisco, celebrated spoken word artist & author of Helium
– Iain S. Thomas, author of I Wrote This For You
“Before the First Kiss is a beautiful tapestry of two interlocking narratives, it illustrates how love and dance are not as different as we think. They both require us to throw caution to the wind and feel something so deeply that our bodies begin to speak for themselves.”
– Rudy Francisco, celebrated spoken word artist & author of Helium
PRAISE FOR THE DOGS I HAVE KISSED
Winner - 2015 Goodreads Choice Award - Poetry