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Alicia’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Alicia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Alicia Cook
Goodreads Author
Born
The United States
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Influences
Sylvia Plath, Edgar Allan Poe, Aaliyah, Tom Petty, Sara Bareilles, Leo
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Member Since
June 2016
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/thealiciacook
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Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately is being ADAPTED INTO SOMETHING AMAZING!
My book Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately has been adapted into a Song Cycle. Basically a baby opera! Over a year in the making, on Friday the lights will dim, the piano will start, and I will listen to my origin story in a way I never imagined possible.
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Alicia’s Recent Updates
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Alicia Cook
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Rose Brik
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"Love the Jersey references!!! Barneget Bay!! "
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"Alicia Cook created a collection that is both accessible and beautifully written. I related heavily to several of the pieces and was brought to tears on multiple occasions… which I always find to be a common trait among great poetry. "
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"4.75. Combines music and poetry. What more could a girl want? My dad got me this for Christmas because I love both and I cannot recommend enough. Loved this one for my poetry fans out there. Such a cool concept. Will be making a playlist for this. "
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| I read A Working Girl Can’t Win to prepare for a podcast where I was paired with Deborah Garrison, and I honestly had no idea it was written in 1998 because it holds up so well. The collection captures the push and pull of ambition and love (all kind ...more | |
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| Rose Brik does it again. Inherited Hunger is a gut-punch of a collection, cementing her as the poet of parental trauma, as far as I am concerned. Split into three sections, the book moves through childhood, teen-hold, and adulthood, each piece layeri ...more | |
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(I blurbed this book). “In a world that often dictates unobtainable beauty standards, ‘Fat Girl Magic’ by Kat Savage serves as a defiant beacon of hope. This is more than a book with stunning artwork; it's a manifesto of pro-body positivity and a love ...more |
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Alicia Cook
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Elle's
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In 2016, my self published book (first edition of Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately) was selling well on its own. A lit agent reached out to me, offered to represent me. We then sent a book proposal to my now-publisher. They re-published Stuff I've Been
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“The strongest people I know
have been overtaken by their weaknesses.
They know what it’s like to lose control.
The strongest people I know
have cried in the shower and in their car.
They know loss and guilt all too well.
The strongest people I know aren’t bulletproof.
They have felt the searing pain of life’s shots.
The strongest people I know
make the decision every day to wake up
and place their two feet on the ground
even though they know the monsters beneath
their bed will grab at their ankles.
The strongest people I know
are not strong by definition, at all.
They are mistake-makers.
They are mess-creators.
They are survivors.”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
have been overtaken by their weaknesses.
They know what it’s like to lose control.
The strongest people I know
have cried in the shower and in their car.
They know loss and guilt all too well.
The strongest people I know aren’t bulletproof.
They have felt the searing pain of life’s shots.
The strongest people I know
make the decision every day to wake up
and place their two feet on the ground
even though they know the monsters beneath
their bed will grab at their ankles.
The strongest people I know
are not strong by definition, at all.
They are mistake-makers.
They are mess-creators.
They are survivors.”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
“If you are lucky enough to have a childhood
friend, try your hardest to grow old with them.
These friends are a unique, irreplaceable breed.
These friends lived through curfews and
Polaroid pictures with you. These friends know
your parents and siblings because they had to call
your house first to speak with you. Your memories
are not frozen in time on social media, but live on
nonetheless.
Most importantly, they remember the person
you were before the world got ahold of you, so
they have this crazy ability to love you no matter
what.
They are the living, breathing reflection of
where you have been. And so, just when you think
you’ve lost yourself for good, they are there to
bring you face-to-face with your true self, simply
by sharing a cup of coffee with them.
As your world grows and becomes larger and
more complicated than your backyard, even if you
establish a life elsewhere, I hope your childhood
friends remain lifelong allies, because mine have
saved my life on more than one occasion.”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
friend, try your hardest to grow old with them.
These friends are a unique, irreplaceable breed.
These friends lived through curfews and
Polaroid pictures with you. These friends know
your parents and siblings because they had to call
your house first to speak with you. Your memories
are not frozen in time on social media, but live on
nonetheless.
Most importantly, they remember the person
you were before the world got ahold of you, so
they have this crazy ability to love you no matter
what.
They are the living, breathing reflection of
where you have been. And so, just when you think
you’ve lost yourself for good, they are there to
bring you face-to-face with your true self, simply
by sharing a cup of coffee with them.
As your world grows and becomes larger and
more complicated than your backyard, even if you
establish a life elsewhere, I hope your childhood
friends remain lifelong allies, because mine have
saved my life on more than one occasion.”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
“You always want one more day.
You always want one more picture
as the old ones begin to fade.
You always want that one final hug
to have lasted just a tad longer.
You always want the fondness
of the remember-whens
to outnumber the might-have-beens.
You want more years, more months,
more weeks, more days,
more minutes, and more seconds.
You want the happily ever after
you always thought you deserved,
but the only thing actually promised
in this life is uncertainty.”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
You always want one more picture
as the old ones begin to fade.
You always want that one final hug
to have lasted just a tad longer.
You always want the fondness
of the remember-whens
to outnumber the might-have-beens.
You want more years, more months,
more weeks, more days,
more minutes, and more seconds.
You want the happily ever after
you always thought you deserved,
but the only thing actually promised
in this life is uncertainty.”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
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“I am going to be the woman you fear. my true self. (Track Twenty-Five Remix)”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
“I was kind to you because I desperately wanted You or the idea of you (Track Forty-Five Remix)”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
“I'm not the one who got away. Late nights and loneliness have built me up in your head...the next time the smell of Chanel fills up a room, and you find yourself reminded of me, try to remember: I never even wore perfume. (Track Thirty-Five)”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
“There have been nights
I’ve shared a twin bed with him
and still couldn’t get close enough.
Then there have been nights
spent in a king bed where I’ve felt
as though his annoying ass was still
in my personal space.
We e b b and f l o w.
But there’s no one else I’d rather
crash into every night when
the tide hits its inevitable peak.”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
I’ve shared a twin bed with him
and still couldn’t get close enough.
Then there have been nights
spent in a king bed where I’ve felt
as though his annoying ass was still
in my personal space.
We e b b and f l o w.
But there’s no one else I’d rather
crash into every night when
the tide hits its inevitable peak.”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
“It’s one thing to have a support system in your life
to cheer you on during the instances when
everyone is rooting for you. However, it’s another
thing entirely to look back in your darkest
moments and still see them standing in your
corner, encouraging you to stay in the ring and
FIGHT, when the odds aren’t in your favor and all
you want to do is throw in the towel.
Not many people in this life will be on your side
even when they aren’t on your side. Even less who
momentarily will slam doors out of frustration but
never actually lock you out.
Unconditional love; the definition of sister.”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
to cheer you on during the instances when
everyone is rooting for you. However, it’s another
thing entirely to look back in your darkest
moments and still see them standing in your
corner, encouraging you to stay in the ring and
FIGHT, when the odds aren’t in your favor and all
you want to do is throw in the towel.
Not many people in this life will be on your side
even when they aren’t on your side. Even less who
momentarily will slam doors out of frustration but
never actually lock you out.
Unconditional love; the definition of sister.”
― Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
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