I Hope This Finds You Well
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- Author：Kate Baer
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Summary
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Kind of Woman returns with a collection of erasure poems created from notes she received from followers， supporters and detractors— a ritual that reclaims the vitriol from online trolls and inspires readers to transform what is ugly or painful in their own lives into something beautiful。
“I'm sure you could benefit from jumping on a treadmill”
“Women WANT a male leader 。 。 。 It’s honest to god the basic human playbook”
These are some of the thousands of messages that Kate Baer has received online。 Like countless other writers—particularly women—with profiles on the internet， as Kate’s online presence grew， so did the darker messages crowding her inbox。 These missives from strangers have ranged from “advice” and opinions to outright harassment。
At first， these messages resulted in an immediate delete and block。 Until， on a whim， Kate decided to transform the cruelty into art， using it to create fresh and intriguing poems。 These pieces， along with ones made from notes of gratitude and love， as well as from the words of public figures， have become some of her most beloved work。
I Hope This Finds You Well is drawn from those works: a book of poetry birthed in the darkness of the internet that offers light and hope。 By cleverly building on the harsh negativity and hate women often receive—and combining it with heartwarming messages of support， gratitude， and connection， Kate Baer offers us a lesson in empowerment， showing how we too can turn bitterness into beauty。
“I'm sure you could benefit from jumping on a treadmill”
“Women WANT a male leader 。 。 。 It’s honest to god the basic human playbook”
These are some of the thousands of messages that Kate Baer has received online。 Like countless other writers—particularly women—with profiles on the internet， as Kate’s online presence grew， so did the darker messages crowding her inbox。 These missives from strangers have ranged from “advice” and opinions to outright harassment。
At first， these messages resulted in an immediate delete and block。 Until， on a whim， Kate decided to transform the cruelty into art， using it to create fresh and intriguing poems。 These pieces， along with ones made from notes of gratitude and love， as well as from the words of public figures， have become some of her most beloved work。
I Hope This Finds You Well is drawn from those works: a book of poetry birthed in the darkness of the internet that offers light and hope。 By cleverly building on the harsh negativity and hate women often receive—and combining it with heartwarming messages of support， gratitude， and connection， Kate Baer offers us a lesson in empowerment， showing how we too can turn bitterness into beauty。
Reviews
Amy Carter
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Just sheer perfection， like everything Kate Baer does。 I will buy and read anything she writes for the rest of forever。
Kate
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Makes my heart happy
Kasey Loden
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3。5 stars Baer uses erasure poetry where she takes comments online and erases most of the words to create short poems。 I like the way she can take hateful comments and turn them into something simple and endearing and usually uplifting。 I was hoping for a bit more of her original poetry like we got in her first book though！
Annie
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15 out of 5 stars。 Left feeling more badass， confident， and capable after reading this collection of poems。 Everyone I love will be getting this as a Christmas gift because it deserves to be shared broadly。
Amandanoel
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Rounded up from 3。5A few truly stunning poems but this format does not resonate as much with me as her previous book of poems。 She does a stunning job within this format it just wasn’t what I wanted to read page after page
Kelley
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Poet's kiss。 Read in one sitting。 Erasure style requires the writer not only to find a message within existing text， but for the message to be responsive in some way to it。 Baer does this masterfully。 She captures nuance that we would otherwise gloss over。 I wish I had savored it， will definitely read it again after my daughter finishes it。 Poet's kiss。 Read in one sitting。 Erasure style requires the writer not only to find a message within existing text， but for the message to be responsive in some way to it。 Baer does this masterfully。 She captures nuance that we would otherwise gloss over。 I wish I had savored it， will definitely read it again after my daughter finishes it。 。。。more
Natalie
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While waiting for our table at Superica， I read almost this entire book。 I read and reread page after page， taking in the brilliance of her style。 I knew nothing about this book or the author before I ordered this from the library。 I’ve been into poetry recently， and it was another “poetry” books I saw on some list。 I am impressed with the art and creative expression gifted to us on these pages。 Though I wouldn’t say I agree with everything she said， I think this is one of the most captivating w While waiting for our table at Superica， I read almost this entire book。 I read and reread page after page， taking in the brilliance of her style。 I knew nothing about this book or the author before I ordered this from the library。 I’ve been into poetry recently， and it was another “poetry” books I saw on some list。 I am impressed with the art and creative expression gifted to us on these pages。 Though I wouldn’t say I agree with everything she said， I think this is one of the most captivating works of art I’ve seen in a little bit。 。。。more
Caitlin Redmond
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Loved every minute of this book。 Perfection。
Katie Proctor
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So。 Good。
Caroline
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Kate is amazing， and this is such a brilliant， creative way to turn toxicity into positivity。 Loved it。
Karina
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If I were to rate this only on the guts it must have taken to put this together， I would have rewarded it an extra star。 The comments are brutal and I feel for anyone， who gets assaulted by such words simply for having an online presence。 Unfortunately I didn't appreciate Kate's writing in this book as much as I did in her last。 It's definitely worth a read though。 If I were to rate this only on the guts it must have taken to put this together， I would have rewarded it an extra star。 The comments are brutal and I feel for anyone， who gets assaulted by such words simply for having an online presence。 Unfortunately I didn't appreciate Kate's writing in this book as much as I did in her last。 It's definitely worth a read though。 。。。more
Tori
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My favorite poet。I plan on reading and re-reading the poems for the rest of forever。I started reading Kate Baer’s writings as a young college student， finding her through another incredible writer， Elizabeth Tells Tales， （ugh I miss these days when their writings were published for free to read， laugh， and cry with， but I also love Kate’s Instagram and her poetry）。 She helped me get through the toughness of law school， always something to read and look forward to。Always and forever a Kate Baer f My favorite poet。I plan on reading and re-reading the poems for the rest of forever。I started reading Kate Baer’s writings as a young college student， finding her through another incredible writer， Elizabeth Tells Tales， （ugh I miss these days when their writings were published for free to read， laugh， and cry with， but I also love Kate’s Instagram and her poetry）。 She helped me get through the toughness of law school， always something to read and look forward to。Always and forever a Kate Baer fan。 。。。more
Lindsey
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Kate Baer is pure magic。 This group of poems is balm to the soul。 I love that she has taken articles， DMs， and other tidbits that we consume on the day to day and can weigh a person down and flipped the script to harness them into words that can empower。 The blackout method of poetry is really appealing to me， as well。 I think I’ll be referring back to this book across time when I need a reminder of what a phenomenal being I am， just as I am。 I can’t wait to press this beautiful collection into Kate Baer is pure magic。 This group of poems is balm to the soul。 I love that she has taken articles， DMs， and other tidbits that we consume on the day to day and can weigh a person down and flipped the script to harness them into words that can empower。 The blackout method of poetry is really appealing to me， as well。 I think I’ll be referring back to this book across time when I need a reminder of what a phenomenal being I am， just as I am。 I can’t wait to press this beautiful collection into everyone’s hands over the holidays。 *A special thank you to Harper Perennial and Paperbacks and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC of this collection of poems。 All opinions expressed in this review are my own and are voluntarily given* 。。。more
Katie Cheung
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Super quick but effective poetry。 I loved the concept and the wit
Rebecca Enslein
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Kate Baer is a national treasure。 These poems and their inventive format are incredible。 Both of her books are outstanding！
Christine Delea
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Such an interesting book and premise。 I hope Baer does not have any more trolls to inspire erasure poems， but I am sure that is not the case。 What she did with responses she received online， as well as sexist and racist statements made by politicians and their cronies， is clever and imaginative。 She truly took lemons and made lemonade。 The erasure poems themselves are a good mix of positivity and self-confidence for women and an examination of the stupid nonsense women have to deal with on a dai Such an interesting book and premise。 I hope Baer does not have any more trolls to inspire erasure poems， but I am sure that is not the case。 What she did with responses she received online， as well as sexist and racist statements made by politicians and their cronies， is clever and imaginative。 She truly took lemons and made lemonade。 The erasure poems themselves are a good mix of positivity and self-confidence for women and an examination of the stupid nonsense women have to deal with on a daily basis。 This book is a good introduction to erasure poetry for beginning poets。 。。。more
Rissie
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Great collection of troll comments and the author’s response to them。 She’s a lot more patient than I would be。 This one will be added to my permanent collection。
Debby Felker
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When I saw the cover to I Hope This Finds You Well， it really spoke to me。 This is a saying I said more times than I care to admit in my emailing frenzies。 Then when I realized Kate so cleverly and creatively took negative emails and comments and transformed them into beautiful poetry I was hooked！
s。penkevich
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This whole book is such a flex and I am here for it。 Poet Kate Baer returns after the wildly successful and wonderful What Kind of Woman: Poems with a collection of erasure poetry that finds inspiration in the hate mail she receives。 Baer takes these letters that range anywhere from unsolicited advice or spam emails to violent and openly misogynist aggression and transforms them into poetic gold on the opposing page。 It is a wonderful way to deny the hatred these toxic emails seek and subvert it This whole book is such a flex and I am here for it。 Poet Kate Baer returns after the wildly successful and wonderful What Kind of Woman: Poems with a collection of erasure poetry that finds inspiration in the hate mail she receives。 Baer takes these letters that range anywhere from unsolicited advice or spam emails to violent and openly misogynist aggression and transforms them into poetic gold on the opposing page。 It is a wonderful way to deny the hatred these toxic emails seek and subvert it into something beautiful and empowering， leaving the original behind as a monument to vileness and pushing into a new horizon of hope。 It also becomes an art piece that comments on online harassment and aggression that is exponentially worse for women。 ‘Even though I know you will probably just make this into one of your “poems”。。。’ begins a toxic email about weight shaming and some weird commentary on his own girlfriend that， in Baer’s creative hands， result in a full erasure poem which reads （if putting it as a single sentence） ‘Even though you will make women lose Their love I will bring them to courage I will bring them home。’ I really respect Baer for publicly bearing the burden of harrassment but using it as an opportunity for art and to reach out in solidarity to others that likely experience similar harassment。 It is a way to laugh together at online assholes but also a unique way to realize you can find beauty in everything， even picking apart threats or rants to create an uplifting poem。 While most of these erasures come from Baer’s own many online inboxes， scattered within them are erasure poems of statements from public officials。 The notorious Trump confession about raping women because he is a star gets the Baer treatment， as well as death threats from January 6 terrorists and that gross ‘advice’ Joseph Epstein wrote in the Wall Street Journal about how he doesn’t think a doctorate in education is impressive。 This is a fun little collection， especially if you like erasures and makes for an interesting cultural artifact of our current political climate in the US as well as of the social media age。 Worth a read for sure。4/5 。。。more
Linda
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Picked up this book at a local library。 It is a fabulous piece of feminist- really humanist- poetry。 I loved it。
Olivia Nahmias
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I actually really like this idea。 This woman takes hateful， harmful， arrogant， entitled， negative private messages， emails， texts， etc。 that she receives and turns them into uplifting， clever， genuinely lovely poetry by repurposing the aggressor’s own unsuspecting words。 **Important** It’s much more worth physically reading this than listening to it。 Here’s an example of what you may lose if you go the audiobook route rather than physical copy: I actually really like this idea。 This woman takes hateful， harmful， arrogant， entitled， negative private messages， emails， texts， etc。 that she receives and turns them into uplifting， clever， genuinely lovely poetry by repurposing the aggressor’s own unsuspecting words。 **Important** It’s much more worth physically reading this than listening to it。 Here’s an example of what you may lose if you go the audiobook route rather than physical copy: 。。。more
Heather
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𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝐈 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝗪𝐞𝐥𝐥 is a collection of erasure poems I devoured in one sitting。 It is brilliant。 Kate Baer takes insulting， judgmental， and sometimes vile emails， DMs， comments， and infamous quotes and lifts her 2 middle fingers by erasing the negativity and transforming it into something lovely。 She also shares uplifting remarks and feedback she has received， creating a poem out of their positive intent that adds a little more glitter and shine to the original text。I l 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝐈 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝗪𝐞𝐥𝐥 is a collection of erasure poems I devoured in one sitting。 It is brilliant。 Kate Baer takes insulting， judgmental， and sometimes vile emails， DMs， comments， and infamous quotes and lifts her 2 middle fingers by erasing the negativity and transforming it into something lovely。 She also shares uplifting remarks and feedback she has received， creating a poem out of their positive intent that adds a little more glitter and shine to the original text。I love the perspective she brings， finding beauty in quite literally， everything， including stupid quotes by 45。 This title released on November 9th and is available now！ It would make a great Holiday gift or stocking stuffer for you and the feminists in your life。 Thank you， Partner @bibliolifestyle and @harperperennial for this #gifted copy of 𝐈 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝗪𝐞𝐥𝐥 by @katejbaer 。。。more
Sidnie
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I think what is more illuminating than the short （and meaningful） poems that the author creates is the raw material she works with - it so perfectly captures the absolute worst - and best - of us as a people right now and the messages that I would assume we send when we think they are private。
Rachel Brown
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Kate Baer is a genius， and this collection of erasure poems is proof。 I will buy anything she writes！
Sydney Stern
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earth-shattering。
Megan Rath
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I only wish it were longer。。。
Ron
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The author took （mostly negative） comments about her blog posts and used the blackout technique to craft responses。 This is a very quick read and also interesting to see what she does。
Emma B。
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I *loved* Kate Baer’s first book of poetry What Kind of Woman， and I just finished her new book of poems I Hope This Finds You Well and loved it too！ This book features erasure poems where Kate has transformed online messages into completely different poems and messages。 You can see examples on her Instagram @katejbaer but I highly recommend picking up a copy of this book and basking in them all。
Shannon O'Connor
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I’m just really not a fan of an entire book of blackout poetry。 Some of them were okay。 I’m also not a huge fan of political poetry so all in all this book just wasn’t for me。
Taniya
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