"In Hot Girl Haiku, Rowan Beckett unveils both the treats and travails of young adulthood with humor and horror. With this short yet gut-punching chapbook, they invent an entirely new form of transgressive haiku. And in doing so, the poet not only describes the hedonist party culture of a college student, but also reveals the hypocrisy of puritan values, especially in poems such as, 'Christian Ethics / the preacher’s son / says I look kinky.' While their haiku can be a serious critique of toxic masculinity, it can also be read as a fun and unique twist on the haiku form that’s well worth a read and a re-read."
— Sean Lynch
Program Director of Nick Virgilio Haiku Association