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katherinechase's review against another edition
5.0
I found Be With an effervescent collection of poems. There were many I had to read twice or three times over, simply because Gander’s manipulation of language and intense metaphor proves deep and intellectual. However, a collection I can recommend 100%.
sailorgold_'s review against another edition
5.0
Je voulais lire 'Be With' parce qu'il a gagné le Pullitzer et que je voulais me sentir fancy. Mais il s'agit vraiment d'un chef d'oeuvre et j'ai adoré
tumblehawk's review against another edition
4.0
I think this is the first and only book of poetry I’ve read cover to cover this year. It was recommended to me by David Naimon when I asked folks what books would be on their deathbed night table. I don’t know that I quite know how to read poetry, or maybe I mean analyze it. I just read and feel. It was impossible to read these poems at home, or even in a cafe. I read all of them on Portland city buses and it felt perfect. Maybe I will read more poetry on buses. I don’t have much else to say. I quite enjoyed these poems, the rich texture of the language, the rendering of grief subsumed in layers of life growing atop it. The language often reminded me explicitly of Cormac McCarthy and anyone who likes his writing (especially in his particularly wordy works like Suttree and Blood Meridian) would likely enjoy the complex sounds and sentences so filled with peculiar portrayals of the natural world that can be found in these poems.
carmineslamp's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Grief and mourning. An obsession with lizards. Interesting
lilly_dav_reading's review against another edition
4.0
“Have I lived something stupid?
Am I coward responsible for nothing?”
Gander’s words roll like waves over my senses and striking cords I never even knew were there.
Am I coward responsible for nothing?”
Gander’s words roll like waves over my senses and striking cords I never even knew were there.