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Above Ground by Clint Smith

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kateyoutka's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.5

“My life is made possible by trillions of tiny mysteries. I exist because of so many things I’ll never see.”

Clint Smith is one of our best living writers. This collection of poems is about Smith’s journey to and through fatherhood, outlining his joys and fears and anxieties in both little moments and big.

kalynaobyrne's review

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emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

juno_b's review

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dark emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

doodles_the_teacher's review

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challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

maisela25's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

lesbianlis's review

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5.0

Another New Orleanian’s poetry book I sobbed my way through. Forever grateful for the way people who are so much smarter than I am are able to put this place and their experiences here and other places into words.