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chandraleereads's review
4.0
I find most of Rachel Wiley’s poems relatable, emotional, powerful, and sometimes very humorous. Whenever I hear or read her stuff I find myself wanting to be her friend.
buttermellow's review
funny
inspiring
reflective
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Rape and Body shaming
Minor: Racism
catterwaul's review
4.0
Lots of really great poems in here, but also a lot of very familiar, painful anxieties about “dying alone and being eaten by the cat” so, you know, if anyone needs me I’ll be re-reading the “How To Eat Your Feelings” instructions.
leigh_reidelberger's review
5.0
I'm not sure how this is my first time reading Rachel Wiley's work, but at least I've finally found it.
New poet obsession. This woman.
So many poems in this collection feel like she could have plucked the inspiration from my own life. It's so strange the similarities. I read this cover to cover in one sitting, made notes, and I will read it again and again. Wiley's words are constructed with so much passion and tragedy, but so incredibly real it's almost overwhelming at times.
Favorites::
Letter To My Cat - b/c too true and Andrea Gibson.
The Opposite of Up- particularly: "hey sugar, where ya goin'? I hate to see you leave but I love watching you walk into traffic."
How To Eat Ypir Feelings: Loneliness
New poet obsession. This woman.
So many poems in this collection feel like she could have plucked the inspiration from my own life. It's so strange the similarities. I read this cover to cover in one sitting, made notes, and I will read it again and again. Wiley's words are constructed with so much passion and tragedy, but so incredibly real it's almost overwhelming at times.
Favorites::
Letter To My Cat - b/c too true and Andrea Gibson.
The Opposite of Up- particularly: "hey sugar, where ya goin'? I hate to see you leave but I love watching you walk into traffic."
How To Eat Ypir Feelings: Loneliness
ohheyitsalexis's review
5.0
Truly a spectacular collection. Not every poem resonated quite on my frequency, like "How To Eat Your Feelings" which, while 100% stolen right out of my diaries, felt almost too light to stand on their own. But the ones that did... I was sobbing so hard as I read "For Fat Girls Who Considered Starvation When Bulimia Wasn't Enough" that I was honestly worried my partner might wake up in the other room. But then my tears were wiped away as I read "Belly Kisses." (That's a lie, there were just new, happier, blissfully relatable tears.)
If you're looking for poems about queerness, fatness, feminism or race... then yeah, this is an exceptional place to start.
If you're looking for poems about queerness, fatness, feminism or race... then yeah, this is an exceptional place to start.
queerjennareads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0