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Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz

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bookishmillennial's review against another edition

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Lush prose teeming with justified anger, disillusionment, and exhaustion. I highly recommend this collection of poetry, and “The First Water Is The Body” was my favorite poem. It commented on rivers and humans as mirrors, and not so different. Both worthy of protection, dignity, and reverence. 

Overall, this was a thought-provoking and evocative collection of poems, forcing U.S.ians especially to confront our shameful, oppressive, and violent history. I will definitely be buying a physical copy for my home library. 
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robinks's review against another edition

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4.75

I really enjoyed a bunch of these works, although the order of the poems didn’t make sense to me. I particularly liked Run’n’Gun.
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jessereadsthings's review against another edition

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4.0

Really good, but not a favorite. Also, I really enjoyed hearing about her insights and inspirations at the end. Definitely makes me want to do a reread in the future with these things in mind!
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ukponge's review against another edition

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4.75

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mayavd's review against another edition

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5.0

Sapphic social justice with astonishingly expressive imagery and a through line of Native/Latinx/Mestizo culture and soul. The author both invites you in to see her culture and ancestral lives while also firmly delineating that Native practices cannot be expressed through Western metrics. 

The Manolete reference also floored me- truly masterful. 
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becksusername's review against another edition

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4.0

Natalie Diaz is obsessed with her lover's hips
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mandkips's review against another edition

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4.25

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lowbrowhighart's review against another edition

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4.5

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krys_kilz's review against another edition

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4.5

I need to sit with and return to this collection. There was so much beneath the surface of each word/line and so many allusions I didn't quite pick up on or comprehend. It's certainly not an easy read, but it was a worthwhile one.

My favorite poems in the collection were: Manhattan Is a Lenape Word, American Arithmetic, They Don't Love You Like I Love You, The First Water Is the Body, exhibits from The American Water Museum, and Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?
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courtneyfalling's review against another edition

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4.0

Beautiful, tightly woven collection as a whole. Not sure the craft of individual poems will stick with me personally but the overall collection definitely will.

Favorite poems:
  • Manhattan Is a Lenape Word
  • Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball
  • The First Water Is the Body
  • exhibits from The American Water Museum
  • Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera 
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