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wicked_sassy's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
5.0
Listened to the audiobook version. Lacerating, brilliant, shattering, gorgeous.
unknownlegend's review against another edition
Had to return to library. Would purchase this and take my time with it
breadandmushrooms's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.75
jcampbell's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
5.0
A phenomenal collection of the works of a poet I previously did not know off. A big fan of the poetry style and the whole collection draws you in and makes 650 pages feel like 50.
bushraboblai's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
shoba's review against another edition
“I have nothing soothing to tell you, that’s not my job, my job is to revise and revise this bristling list hourly.”
An examination of Canadian poet, Dionne Brand’s, almost four decades of work.
“What does it mean to bear witness.
What is the work of the poet.
What is a poetry of witness.”
Includes selections of writings from Brand’s eight volumes of poetry, published between 1982 and 2010.
“And this is how it went down
First they persuaded us we needed technocrats
Then they persuaded us we needed businessmen
And then they persuaded us we needed fascists
Then we all had the flu from which we never recovered.”
The invasion of Grenada, Black lives and liberation, the Gulf Wars and the ordinariness of queer life.
"At least someone should stay awake, she thinks/ someone should dream them along the abysmal roads."
An examination of Canadian poet, Dionne Brand’s, almost four decades of work.
“What does it mean to bear witness.
What is the work of the poet.
What is a poetry of witness.”
Includes selections of writings from Brand’s eight volumes of poetry, published between 1982 and 2010.
“And this is how it went down
First they persuaded us we needed technocrats
Then they persuaded us we needed businessmen
And then they persuaded us we needed fascists
Then we all had the flu from which we never recovered.”
The invasion of Grenada, Black lives and liberation, the Gulf Wars and the ordinariness of queer life.
"At least someone should stay awake, she thinks/ someone should dream them along the abysmal roads."
alisonburnis's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
There is nothing better than a chunky collection of poems from a great poet, so Dionne Brand putting out this collection immediately grabbed my interest. Brand is one of my favourite poets; her epic Ossuaries (which is in this collection too) is amazing, and her gift for writing thoughtful, fantastical stories in poem is really exquisite. A Brand poem is a critical lesson and a class in storytelling all in one.
This collection brings together her poems from the early 1980s through to the present and to a new poem, the titular Nomenclature, published here in 2022. And yes, it deals with the pandemic. But Brand is both gentle and eviscerating with her examination of this strange time. I tried to make myself sit with each part, but my hunger for more of Brand’s words won out.
This collection brings together her poems from the early 1980s through to the present and to a new poem, the titular Nomenclature, published here in 2022. And yes, it deals with the pandemic. But Brand is both gentle and eviscerating with her examination of this strange time. I tried to make myself sit with each part, but my hunger for more of Brand’s words won out.
apollonium's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
5.0