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Ruin Me Before the Party Ends is a sharp, intimate exploration of memory, identity, and the ghosts we carry from past loves and forgotten places. Through a series of vivid and surreal odes, the collection delves into the tangled landscapes of love, longing, and the personal histories that shape us. With wit and vulnerability, the poems invite readers into a world that balances the chaotic energy of youthful rebellion with the quiet ache of growing up. From the neon glow of Miami's forgotten dive bars to the haunted swamps of Florida, each poem is a search for meaning in the spaces that elude us-whether in the fleeting pleasure of a fast-food quesadilla, the fading memory of dive bars and strip clubs, or the tender grief of a mother's absence. Ruin Me Before the Party Ends is an invitation to a party where nostalgia, loss, and the desire for connection are all tangled together, and where the end always feels just around the corner, with each poem a desperate attempt to hold on before it all slips away.

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Chloe Rodriguez is a poet, translator, and instructor from South Florida, where salt air and memory shape much of her work. She holds an MFA from Florida State University and is currently a PhD student in Creative Writing. Her poems trace the soft violence of nostalgia, the ghosts of girlhood, and the absurd rituals of longing. A Pushcart Prize nominee, her work appears in Delta Review, The Windward Review, Midnight Mind Magazine, The South Florida Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. Ruin Me Before the Party Ends is her debut chapbook. She is currently working on a full-length poetry collection and a memoir, and is forever yearning for a swamp hermitage somewhere deep in the Everglades.

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