{"product_id":"pink-elephant","title":"Pink Elephant","description":"\u003cp\u003eForthcoming Spring 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eButton Poetry is thrilled to re-release Rachel Camacho’s critically-acclaimed debut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePink Elephant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePink Elephant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a song of survival, gritty and honest, brutal and beautiful. Camacho’s entrancing storytelling and rich language are hypnotic–refusing to let the reader look away. The collection dissects a coming-of-age within an abusive home, the recovery from that trauma, and what building a family looks like in the aftermath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark but edged with humor, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePink Elephant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e still embraces love through its troubles. If you haven’t read it yet (or need an excuse to read it again), you have to pick up this newest edition!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePraise for Rachel Camacho\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamacho’s lovely and serrated debut collection reminds us why poetry as testimony is so necessary. Camacho does not romanticize victimhood; she simply means to show us how unchecked violence reproduces itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Barbara Jane Reyes, The Poetry Foundation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePink Elephant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the white elephant in the room blushing into visibility, and Rachel Camacho is a poet of unparalleled, unflinching honesty. With the tenacity of a survivor’s “love-sharp teeth,” Camacho confronts the trauma of girlhood\/womanhood—“the malicious thunder of it”—and gives the “inaudible song of happiness” a palpable, perceptible shape. This book is startling testimony, and it will bruise the touch of all those who dare to turn its relentless pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Rigoberto González, \u003cem\u003eTo the Boy Who Was Night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI literally woke up in the middle of the night thinking about these poems. They are compellingly beautiful with a perfectly-toned sadness. If these poems don’t move you, you’re dead inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Bucky Sinister\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe birth of this volume is nothing short of a milestone in the world of poetry. All hotel room bibles should be replaced with this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— BUST Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Button Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43632242622515,"sku":"978-1-63834-138-3","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/0752\/9011\/files\/Camacho-PE-marketingcover.jpg?v=1758231577","url":"https:\/\/buttonbookstore.com\/products\/pink-elephant","provider":"Button Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}