Alli Kahan is a writer of love stories and spooky bummers.

In the Rearview

Hindsight is 20/20. Maybe that heartbreak wasn't as bad as we thought. Maybe it wasn't love so much as loneliness. Maybe our parents were really just doing their best. This is a book of poems that explores growth as a collection of beautifully embarrassing mistakes. So raise your glass to looking back for the sake of moving forward and giving power over to the pen for a little while.

  • "Her trembling hand writes the only two words that have ever truly belonged to her— I can’t."

    A Winter’s Haunting

  • "He kept trying not to hold me. Or he kept trying to hold me and I kept trying to sit where he couldn’t reach. He wanted more from me."

    A Shovel for Us Each

  • "I feel the rhythm of the words breeding through my veins. I feel the rhythm of the beat pounding out your name."

    When It’s About a Girl

  • "Her crumbs weigh heavy in her pocket, sinking her into the mud. An aching grumble ripples up from her hollow stomach. The cost of repentance— or so she’s been told. Forgiveness is another animal. "

    For All the Crumbs in My Pocket

Coming Soon!

Quinn has blown her last chance to keep her job as a journalist on newly famous actor Ben O’Leary. Despite being told to be on her best behavior for their interview, she can’t help but tell him exactly what she thinks of the way he talks about the women in his upcoming movie. Out of a job, Quinn gets a phone call she’d never expect.

“This is Ben O’Leary. I have a job offer for you.”