Hello and welcome to another episode of Not Too Deep. I'm your host Grace Helbig. Very excited.

Are you to experience this conversation that I have with Sabrina Bename here on Not Too Deep?

She is a writer, performer, slam poet. Maybe you know her from the viral video of her poem,

explaining my depression to my mother back in 2014. If you haven't seen it,

poof, I highly recommend it. She's got a new poetry book out now called I Love You,

Call Me Back. It was just released at the end of October, available now. Go get your ears,

eyes, face, soul on it. The description of the book is unfurling over the course of one month

in 2020. In 75 original poems, I love you, Call Me Back, grapples with mental health struggles

and the uncertainty of the moment and beyond. She is absolutely lovely. We talk about the world

of slam poetry dealing with mental health issues during a pandemic, especially her beautiful

long hair, the winner, babe, the babe, her dog. Also, we get into some nitty-gritty of bachelor

and paradise and survivor. All of the natural things, so please enjoy this episode of Not Too Deep

with Sabrina Bename.

Sabrina, I have so many questions for you. Thank you so much for being here. How are you doing

first of all? I am wonderful. It is so wonderful to be here with you. That's so great. Well, you have

this has been a big, well, when this comes out, the desk will have settled a little bit, but this

is a big week for you. You have a new book out. Yes, a brand new book. I love you, Call Me Back.

Yes. I love it. Now, how do you, you're a poet, storyteller, performer, all of these things? How

do you describe the new book? Is it a collection of poetry? Is it a collection of short stories?

It's a poetry collection, for sure, but it takes place over the course of a month. So it's got a

little bit more narrative than most, I would say. And so, talk me through how you conceptualize this

because over the course of a month, is that always the time frame that you had set in place to

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