But more, doesn’t the for-profit essence
of our medical system render the Hippocratic Oath its opposite?
“An absurdist masterpiece. Nothing, just nothing, is as wild, outrageous, and free as Sea, Poison.” —AMINA CAIN
“Mind-bending” — SHEILA HETI, GRANTA
“Above all its tricks, this rewarding and uncompromising novel is distinguished by its deliriously wild writing... It’s impossible not to be swept up in Beilin’s wake.” — PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY, STARRED REVIEW
“Beilin can be very funny, as when Cumin mistakes a Glade PlugIn (shell design) for a madeleine-shaped butt plug. But the real subject here is human suffering—and in particular the medical mistreatment of women—and the question at the heart of the book is: How do we bear witness to abuse?” — KIRKUS REVIEWS
Excerpt in TANK Magazine
“The daily frustrations of creative life, the generative power of constraints, the failure of the US healthcare and housing systems, a donkey that somehow resembles Daniel Day-Lewis: it’s all in there.” — CASSIE PACKARD, FRIEZE
Interview in FRACTURED LIT w/ Sophie Drukman-Feldstein
Between the Covers w/ David Naimon
“Cumin’s most intimate developing relationship is not between other characters but with the readers.” — JILLIAN DAMIANI, COMPULSIVE READER
“In “Sea, Poison,” Beilin forces a confrontation with the reality of medical crime, and emerges from this vision of medical “poison” with the conclusion that what really matters is to describe experience, to bear witness, and see poison.” — KATE BANEY-GIAMPOALA, THE BI-COLLEGE NEWS
“Beilin, wizard that she is, manages to make you laugh even at the darkest of scenarios.” — DIANA ARTERIAN, LITERARY HUB
“Beilin’s comedic flair has an anarchic, Marx Brothers-ish aura, mocking everything including itself.” — RON SLATE, ON THE SEAWALL