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achillleez's review against another edition
5.0
So when I looked at you, I didn’t see you / I saw the me I thought you saw, as if I were someone else.
anneliehyatt's review against another edition
3.0
Marie Howe puts so much care into the ordering of her poems, that I always feel like I'm reading a story instead of a disjointed jumble of emotions. Some of these poems were emotionally resonant, while some felt too simple.
Personal highlights: "The Affliction,"Walking Home," and "October."
Personal highlights: "The Affliction,"Walking Home," and "October."
dkrane's review against another edition
3.0
Compared to the clarity and frequent gut punch I felt in reading What the Living Do, I found this collection tougher to penetrate and more emotionally removed. A few poems stood out: “The Map,” “October,” “What the Silence Says,” “One Day.”
“How many times did he say it
Change doesn’t hurt he’d say,
as much as the resistance to change”
Intrigued to see it opera-fied for the PROTOTYPE Festival this January.
“How many times did he say it
Change doesn’t hurt he’d say,
as much as the resistance to change”
Intrigued to see it opera-fied for the PROTOTYPE Festival this January.
elizabeth_spinner's review against another edition
5.0
I bought this book at tonight's poetry reading--and devoured it in one sitting. Intense, lyrical interpretation of the women who are us.
brittaka's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0