"Perhaps it was fire meeting fire,
and exploding" 

In Mad Again - their first solo collection of poetry - Reanna Valentine digs deep to craft a profoundly intimate and intricate picture of a person at one point undone, but at others found settled and whole. Splitting off parts of themself in poetic snapshots of chronic pain, family, queerness and mental health, Valentine captures their intense journey through existence.

From moments of self-sabotage to multiple diagnoses, this book is essential reading for anybody who has ever struggled with sustaining joy in tandem with their own identity, health and losses.

"For all its playfulness it is large and wholehearted, committed to the experience of tenderness, happiness, sex, pain, and loss."
- Kat Addis, Author