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The Sonnets by Alice Notley, Ted Berrigan

mpayne18's review against another edition

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5.0

a reread for fun. berrigan is a genius and so is notley.

dabina's review against another edition

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3.5

merp I didn't actually like it 

keight's review against another edition

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4.0

This book plays with repetition and deconstruction with many instances of the same lines being rearranged or placed in different contexts throughout the poems. I liked the concept, even if the poems I liked the most were the outliers that seemed to resist the collage treatment. Read more on the booklog for two of those outlier favorites

_el__'s review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.0

aawallin's review against another edition

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5.0

reading it was like learning another language.

evelyneleanor's review against another edition

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4.0

This book, and some articles relating to it, have really changed the way I write and interpret poetry. Absolutely stunning and beautiful. Also, Notley's introduction and footnotes are extremely helpful

jeanalbertort's review against another edition

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5.0

“These sonnets are a homage to myself / absence of passion, principles, love / The most elegant present I could get!”

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“Everything turns into writing a name for a day”

Muy hermoso

poopjohnb's review against another edition

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challenging funny mysterious relaxing fast-paced

4.0

devoceans's review against another edition

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2.0

★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

Between all the random mumblings of these sonnets there were some beautiful lines. However, these sonnets mostly fall to nonsense before getting cut up, copied, and pasted together. It felt a bit too much like doing something different for the sake of being different, all while forfeiting quality.

thesunsetflower's review against another edition

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1.0

1.5 hviezdičky

Bohužiaľ nebohužiaľ DNFujem.

Tieto sonety (sama od seba by som ich jednoznačne sonetami nenazvala, no budem rešpektovať voľbu autora) by boli celkom fajn pre nejaký bookclub hĺbavých čitateľov, ktorý majú veľa vína a vôľu porozumieť. Ja nemám ani bookclub, ani víno a ani tú vôľu.

Nerozumela som absolútne ničomu. Viem, že to bol zámer autora, vytvoriť moderné dielo aurobiť z básní akúsi skladačku, no na mňa to nezafungovalo. Hoci som mala aký-taký kontext o tomto diele, nedokázala som si to poskladať a potom to celé na mňa pôobilo tak ... pretentious (nepoznám ekvivalent tohot slova v slovenčine).

Určite sa nájde hŕstka ľudí, pre ktorých toto bude zázrak, no ja za zázrak považujem odkomunikovanie emócie, spomienok, ideí a atmosféry cez poéziu. Toto pre mňa okrem pekných slov a fráz (za ktoré dávam tej pol hviezdičky) nemalo žiadnu pridanú hodnotu. Adios amigos.