A playfully perverse, live-wire exploration of sexuality, hunger, bodily obsessions, New York City, and the messiness of growing into one’s desires—the debut poetry collection from Dream Baby Press.

“Matt Starr is the boldest and most exciting young writer in America.” — James Frey, #1 New York Times bestselling author

EVERYTHING A GIRL I LIKE STOLE FROM CVS IN HER TWENTIES

Silver nail polish (Essie and Sally Hansen)
45 8.4oz Red Bulls
Nude Lipstick
Clear lip gloss
Strawberry and s’mores flavored Pop-Tarts
Acne cream
CeraVe face wash (travel size)
Hair ties
Sewing needles
A 10 pack of ballpoint pens
Allegra allergy medicine (during the summer)
A toothbrush
Pink hair dye
Scissors
Scrunchies
Eyeshadow (that she never used)
Monistat
Composition notebooks
Shampoo
and tweezers

With tenderness and candor, Matt Starr merges youth and experience to observe the absurdity of adulthood, in all its complications of heart, body, and mind. In his debut poetry collection, Starr traces the edges of early longing and curiosity, only to find a strange sweetness in the stains left behind.

Subjects in Mouthful include:

• Bambi with boobs
• Nose jobs
• Insurance prices of celebrity body parts
• Getting spanked in Target
• Peeing in your pants on the subway
• Gay Paddington Bear
• Dancing naked in windows while eating Domino's pizza

Mouthful is the first book published by Dream Baby Press, the cultural sensation whose event series has invigorated literary life in New York City with its playful-yet-ever-earnest approach to contemporary writing.