C's Reviews > Trauma Plot: A Life

I can recall at least twice when reading this magnificent book that I set it down momentarily, lapped a tear threatening to fall, and said out loud to myself "Oh My Fucking God." OMFG! This stunning book by Jamie Hood is a powerful self-excavation in four parts, separated by narrative voice: She, I, You, and We. The effect of Hood's formally innovative text is that it reads, at times, like a novel, then a memoir, and mostly it feels like something in between, transcendental and nearly mystical in its power. Hood's prose is beautiful and entirely her own; her gifts as a reader and writer make her a uniquely prescient voice in criticism. Here she turns that piercing eye to the s(h)elf: you'll be amazed what she finds.