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Zoe Butler’s poetry collection The Main Worry is a means of escaping the clutches of self-doubt,where readers can commiserate with the insanity that is reality. The Main Worry works toinclude small snippets of life that aim to capture feelings that congregate in the gray area of thehuman condition — emotion. Using a background of psychological phenomenon, The MainWorry brings readers together by connecting with the all-encompassing human experience. Inher first poetry collection, Butler documents chronological lessons that she carries with her asmetaphors, strength, and art. The Main Worry works to explore the unspoken corners of theshadowy psyche and celebrate the triumph of escaping the pit that all humans inevitably fall into.As an only child, analyzing became a way to interpret life, and writing became the vessel of herinterpretation. Zoe Butler has spent her life coping with the intense anxiety of obsessive-compulsive disorder by burying herself in her writing. Now, she works to create a space for freefeeling throughout the collection so that any mature audience can feel seen, heard, and validatedthrough the commissary of an artistic outpouring of emotion. Where poetry meets the abstractwill of feeling, The Main Worry surrounds the reader and allows them to step away from theisolated experience of personal turmoil.