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emilydugranrut's review against another edition
5.0
Just absolutely, breathtakingly wonderful. Borzutsky’s command of language and vocabulary is among the greatest of all time. Probably one of the most important things I’ve ever read.
Marines medicate mothers and mix their milk with
mononucleosis. Millionaires multiply
in the machinery of mourning, manufacturing
mausoleums for martyred Marxists in Mercedes.
Middle managers mistake manipulative
merchants for munificent moralists. A military
massacre on the municipal motorway is like
a military massacre on the municipal motorway.
Metaphysical mayors mediate the mythology
of mystical markets while monitoring the murders of migrants.
My mouth is filled with worms.
Marines medicate mothers and mix their milk with
mononucleosis. Millionaires multiply
in the machinery of mourning, manufacturing
mausoleums for martyred Marxists in Mercedes.
Middle managers mistake manipulative
merchants for munificent moralists. A military
massacre on the municipal motorway is like
a military massacre on the municipal motorway.
Metaphysical mayors mediate the mythology
of mystical markets while monitoring the murders of migrants.
My mouth is filled with worms.
lifeinpoetry's review against another edition
4.0
I’ll eat bread I’ll eat rice and kiss my child and say thank you thank you thank you
To salt and to sweat and to boredom let
Peace explode on my body I am alive and condemned and undone
(from “Day #423”)
To salt and to sweat and to boredom let
Peace explode on my body I am alive and condemned and undone
(from “Day #423”)
holyeatery's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
3.75
stryfe's review against another edition
5.0
I read and reviewed this collection for a CRW class and I can only recommend it. Borzutzky writes extremely raw and bold poetry. I don't know that I can do this collection justice in a review, but if you see this, you should read it!
timothyotte's review against another edition
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davidc_'s review against another edition
3.0
Daniel Borzutsky’s latest collection is focused and direct, proof that poetry can be a powerful lens through which to view the present. Writing about white supremacy, US immigration policy, politics, and antisemitism, Borzutsky pulls no punches against the powers that be. There wasn’t a lot of nuance here, although perhaps bluntness is what our times call for.
cliffhangerbooks's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
“The refugee crisis shifts the border from one part of the world to another
There is a camera watching a caged-up girl as she fries for her parents
There are other children whose screams have more definition
They scream in the right language
They scream with the right intonation
The judges are unsure what screams sound more desperate.”
I don't often read poetry, and I don't know why because I really enjoy it. This book came into my radar when @po posted about it, then I forgot and try to save it three more times on Goodreads…So I went ahead and bought it!
I have nothing but good words about this Little gem. Visceral and thoughtful, Borzutzky takes us through his thoughts and feeling on Zero-sum-capitalism and some truly brilliant Biopolitical arguments. This collection is emotionally heavy but worth it!
There is a camera watching a caged-up girl as she fries for her parents
There are other children whose screams have more definition
They scream in the right language
They scream with the right intonation
The judges are unsure what screams sound more desperate.”
I don't often read poetry, and I don't know why because I really enjoy it. This book came into my radar when @po posted about it, then I forgot and try to save it three more times on Goodreads…So I went ahead and bought it!
I have nothing but good words about this Little gem. Visceral and thoughtful, Borzutzky takes us through his thoughts and feeling on Zero-sum-capitalism and some truly brilliant Biopolitical arguments. This collection is emotionally heavy but worth it!
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