Reviews

Incendiary Art: Poems by Patricia Smith

chavonnwshen's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Racism, and Murder

chicowriter's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

a_1212's review

3.0

3.75

jesshooves's review

"Our sons don't burn their cities as a rule, / born, as they are, up to their necks in fuel."

-- from poem "Incendiary Art"

soinavoice's review

5.0

The most upsetting collection of poetry I've ever read, bar none.

scrow1022's review

5.0

Holy fuck, this just burns and should burn everything down. One I want people to read right now.

katepowellshine's review

5.0

The subject matter makes this hard to read but it's beautiful, and so moving.

sophiejohannis's review

4.0

As hard to read as poetry about this subject matter ought to be.

aliciamonroe13's review

5.0

Smith’s poems are so visceral. I could see and feel everything she described. The way she uses language is just mindblowingly GOOD. These poems are intense and about a heavy subject matter that is very present in our every day lives.

hjfs's review

4.0

4.5