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snowleopard4's review
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence
matttruss's review
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
A delicious little collection of poems. Not every poem hit, but the ones that did, whoa boy. "She Said" is maybe the most powerful of the bunch and one that will stick with me. Codjoe definitely has a specific style and many of the same themes that pop up throughout her poetry. Her poems are real, no holding back, and I enjoyed the style. Themes of being a woman and a woman of color as well as her reflections on art and life are very well done.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault
nick_jenkins's review
5.0
Oh wow, read this and watch avidly for more. It is foolish to make predictions about future literary achievement, but Codjoe seems to have something special that separates her work from so many other poets whose brilliant first books are followed by much less inspired second volumes. I hope we are seeing the début of a voice essential to the future of US poetry.
danabook's review against another edition
5.0
wow. wow. wow. wow. so many lines in this book that made my jaw drop - no like actual jaw drop - that made me gasp with a recognition i didn't expect, that made me peer into myself and cry at the intimacy of it. i can't believe this collection. im literally breathless. wow.