My Body and I Share the Same Name touches on difficult topics, often adult in nature. At times coy with poetic mechanics and other times startlingly blunt, it prompts the reader to consider these topics with increasing detail. A great read for those looking to understand how one might approach difficult or traumatizing events. Painfully open and raw, the book chronicles coming of age in a life where sexuality and trauma are inextricably linked. Written privately at first then gradually gaining a voice demanding to be heard, these lyric poems shock, bruise, indulge, and heal at once.