Please Love Me at My Worst

Michaela Angemeer's poetry collection is divided into four sections and built around loneliness, unrequited love, and the difficulty of letting go of past relationships. Written during the quarantine of 2020, the poems look at longing for people who are out of reach and the way that longing can keep a person stuck. Alongside these themes, the book considers how to reconnect with one's younger self, how to accept the less appealing sides of oneself, and the author's coming out as bisexual. Its central idea is that self-love and personal growth offer a route to healing.