Ever wonder what an ex thinks about you after the break-up?

Lisa Harper, author of A Double Life: Discovering Motherhood, got an unexpected look into just that.  She wrote about the experience for the Poetry Foundation, and the piece has since been picked up by the Huffington Post, the Rumpus and elsewhere.

A few years ago, Harper noticed that her ex-boyfriend had published a book of poetry, 15 years after they had broken up. Harper writes, “I bought a copy, partly out of curiosity, partly out of loyalty to a fellow writer and former friend.” It took her months to finally open the book, and once she did, she realized that the poems were about her – and weren't entirely flattering, either.

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