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deadnettle's review
5.0
what a gorgeous, difficult, visceral read. the range of subject and form is formidable and brave. these poems are active, meaty, dense and textured. the layers of performance of gender and the force of utterance… truly i will need to reread this one many times.
wmmcmanlypants's review
4.0
I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Harris has a really cool way of stringing bizarre images together, but making them work really well somehow. I'm not even 100% how she does it. I assume she's spent a lot of time mixing and matching these images till they "click"? Dang, I'm so articulate right now. This is why you can talk to me about books, but please don't ask me how they work.
shanviolinlove's review
4.0
FUN read! Francine J. Harris certainly comes up with original and beguiling ways to present an image. I was a little disappointed with how many poems relied on the "shock" factor of clits and vaginas and graphic sex--guess that's how contemporary poems have to get attention these days--but interestingly enough, the poems where she breaks free from that trope and allows herself to delve deep into lesser explored areas are truly magnifying.
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