BAVEUSE – a Québécois expression (feminine singular)
1. wet, drooling, dripping
2. arrogant, cocky, cheeky against authority
Sara Sutterlin’s Baveuse is Ariana Reines meets Eileen Myles meets Mira Gonzalez, and yet, there’s nothing quite like it. Cutting, intelligent, lyrical and sharp, this book should be on everyone’s nightstand and in everyone’s heart.
– Chloe Caldwell, Women
Reading Sara Sutterlin’s poems almost feels like playing Russian Roulette: Every line has the potential to ruin you. Her poetry is sparse, methodical and often centered around small moments of clarity as she struggles to reconcile love, beauty, truth and the desire for safety in a world in which it’s probably wiser to consider all men guilty until proven innocent. This is a work that fully embodies its own slogan: All good art is revenge.
– Guillaume Morissette, New Tab
