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courtneyfalling's review
fast-paced
2.5
I guess I finished this instead of DNFing it because I love Maggie Nelson's other writing and have been waiting so long to find a copy... but it was disappointing. I think I connect with her critical and prosaic style more than her poetic craft. Also, the ableism at points of this book made me sad. I hated her friend's memoir about the accident referenced here (and also in Bluets, but I don't hate how it's discussed on page in Bluets), and it made me viscerally uncomfortable in the main narrative poem in this collection, too.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism and Toxic relationship
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