All That Unpleasantness by Charley Koenig

“Every girl learns that she can still run in heels.” Charley Koenig’s debut chapbook, All That Unpleasantness, is a collection blending innovative writing with lyricism to create distinctive fictions that add a unique perspective to the ongoing feminist dialogue. Interrogating subjects like childhood trauma, illness, and the weight of contemporary life that objectified and often-hypersexualized women experience regarding their bodies and their very being, the book straddles the line between naivety and suspicion to create a timely and eye-opening reckoning with post-#MeToo United States.