Bartending for a Stamp with My Face on It
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In Bartending for a Stamp with My Face on It, Kate Garcia writes poems of wanting and loneliness, poems that attempt to negotiate power with men and trust in one's own body and desires. These poems follow a woman in her 20s thinking deeply about growing up and growing old, learning how to care for herself and, of course, her dog. As much an ode to as a criticism of the service industry, this collection speaks to the ways in which we find beauty in ugliness, meaning in magpies and lime wedges.
Book Details
- Publisher:
- Chestnut Review LLC
- ISBN:
- 9781965158197
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 42
- Authors:
- Kate Garcia
- Published Date:
- 2026-04-12
- Language:
- English
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A stunning chapbook debut from Kate Garcia, BARTENDING FOR A STAMP WITH MY NAME ON IT takes readers behind the bar to meditations with a splash of simple syrup, a wedge of cut lime, and the "piney smell of perfectly aged bills." Garcia reminds us what it's like to be young, searching, bound to certain restrictions, and completely free of others. What it is to alone but not lonely. In the center-piece poem, "Bartending as Mediation," the speaker's dog becomes the teacher, pushing her toward discipline and care; and away from "The Big Sad". There's joy in these poems, too. The title poem, "Bartending for a Samp With My Name on It," provides a glorious list of why one does it: "Bartending to drink a Red Bull. Bartending so the party never ends. Bartending to write about it." The collection concludes with an author Q&A, an excellent introduction to a new voice I'm sure we'll hear more from in the years and decades to come.