There’s definitely a double standard. It’s the same crap you see in every professionalized artistic endeavor. That said, my writing has _often_ been called confessional. Telling that it usually feels like a put down. I don’t care though. Often for me, confessing is the whole point. Oh, I cringe too when family reads my stuff. Anyway, I think you wrote a good book, and fuck the haters. 😉
"Confessional" is probably a label that needs to die, it's been stripped of any meaning. I love your poetry because it feels really real. Thank you for commenting, I appreciate you!
There’s definitely a double standard. It’s the same crap you see in every professionalized artistic endeavor. That said, my writing has _often_ been called confessional. Telling that it usually feels like a put down. I don’t care though. Often for me, confessing is the whole point. Oh, I cringe too when family reads my stuff. Anyway, I think you wrote a good book, and fuck the haters. 😉
"Confessional" is probably a label that needs to die, it's been stripped of any meaning. I love your poetry because it feels really real. Thank you for commenting, I appreciate you!