Thought Catalog Presents: A Talk With Annabelle Blythe, Author of "The Unbearable Beauty: Poems & Practices For Being Alive"

"make the good choice. make the wrong choice. make the good bad right wrong choice. chase after the right things. chase after the wrong things."

Join us this Wednesday, September 20th at 10 a.m. EST, on Thought Catalog’s Instagram for an IG Live interview with Annabelle Blythe, author of The Unbearable Beauty: Poems and Practices for Being Alive.

You can find an exclusive first look at Annabelle’s book here:

make the good choice. make the wrong choice. make the good bad right wrong choice. chase after the right things. chase after the wrong things. make a lot of money. lose a lot of money. find a passion. give it all up. become good at something. get bored of it. crack your heart open a sliver. be open to that sliver becoming a portal. move countries. and again. try to learn a new language. fail. kiss the wrong person. break your own heart. get stitches. have your heart broken. scream until your lungs burn. wonder if you’ve ever had an original thought. call your mother. sit in rooms where you are the youngest. sit in rooms where you are the oldest. make friends with people who make more than you. accept that you know nothing. play pretend. play authenticity. tell the truth. remember that you have no idea who you are. ask why you’re here. disappear for a month. ruin your life. let go. come back. go in. try again. let your ego die. keep going.

Annabeth’s book, The Unbearable Beauty: Poems and Practices for Being Alive, is a collection of poetry and prose for when you are no longer trying to hide from the life within you. It is an excavation of the ground we find beneath ourselves when we are living in a way that is half-alive. It is a love letter to the invisible forces that keep us going.

You can find The Unbearable Beauty: Poems and Practices for Being Alive online at Shop Catalog.