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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
Beautifully stunning prose- the first chapter stays with your figuratively and literally as the following chapters expound upon the same themes in the same tone. Overall it felt a little monotonous but I enjoyed it nonetheless
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
reflective
slow-paced
i’ve loved that introductory essay since i first encountered it read on some podcast at the height of the pandemic but wow i did not 12 more like it. it’s genuinely fascinating how profoundly dated this twee, knowing style is. it’s giving jonathan safran foer in the worst way, tumblr viral and button poetry and yeesh i couldn’t wait to be done
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
reflective
It was really interesting reading this immediately after Harlem Shuffle by the same author and having said in my review of that book that NYC felt as much like a character as any of the other characters, and seeing Mr. Whitehead has written a whole book of poetry based on this exact idea of characterizing parts of NYC.
I went into this book assuming by the length that it was a novella or short story, or perhaps a collection of short stories (thirteen, to be precise). Mr. Whitehead's poetry is beautiful (makes me think of a slightly less flowery Cornelius Eady), and if you enjoy his prose and language style in his books, this is consistent if not better. I gave this the rating I did because I came into a book of poetry looking for a story.
I went into this book assuming by the length that it was a novella or short story, or perhaps a collection of short stories (thirteen, to be precise). Mr. Whitehead's poetry is beautiful (makes me think of a slightly less flowery Cornelius Eady), and if you enjoy his prose and language style in his books, this is consistent if not better. I gave this the rating I did because I came into a book of poetry looking for a story.
reflective
fast-paced