POETRY COLLECTIONS WRITTEN BY CELEBRITIES

THESE POETRY COLLECTIONS ARE WRITTEN BY CELEBRITIES:

• MIXED FEELINGS BY AVAN JOGIA (2019): Best known for his role as Beck on the Nickelodeon show Victorious, Avan Jogia will release a collection of poetry and stories in September of this year. Mixed Feelings explores race and identity as Jogia delves into his own experience of growing up in a home with an Indian-British father and an English-Irish mother. This collection seeks to start a dialogue about living as a mixed-person in a world that is fixated on racial identity. Pre-order your copy of Mixed Feelings here!

• DARK SPARKLER BY AMBER TAMBLYN (2015): I stumbled across this poetry collection by Amber Tamblyn last year and it quickly became one of my favorite reads of 2018. Dark Sparkler is an account of the lives of twenty-five actresses who died young. From Marilyn Monroe to Brittany Murphy, Tamblyn weaves the stories of suicide, murder, obscurity, and death of these young starlets with emotional and empathic poetry. These haunting poems have stayed with me for a long time. 

• DIRECTING HERBERT WHITE BY JAMES FRANCO (2012): James Franco has received a lot of attention (mostly negative) for his ventures away from the screen and onto the page. Directing Herbert White was Franco’s debut collection, which delves into his obsession with deceased celebrities such as Heath Ledger, James Dean, and River Phoenix. He also wrote a poem in the voice of Lindsay Lohan in addition to his own self-reflections and musings of Hollywood.

• TEARS FOR WATER BY ALICIA KEYS (2005): Alicia Keys is a force of her own. With her bestselling, Grammy Award-winning first album, Songs in A-Minor, Alicia Keys became a household name and a superstar. Since then, Keys has expanded into producing, acting, and passionate activism—winning her worldwide acclaim, numerous awards, and a spot on Time’s list of “The 100 Most Influential People.” Don’t forget to add poet to the list. In 2005, Keys published a collection of poetry called Tears for Water that explores the journals and notebooks she kept throughout her life, blending lyrics and poetry in an honest, heartfelt way.

• BLINKING WITH FISTS BY BILLY CORGAN (2004) : Frontman, vocalist, and songwriter for the ‘9