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jodil's review against another edition
5.0
I met a retired English professor in line at Barnes and Noble and as we got talking she said Marie Howe's poetry changed her life and hoped I would give her a read at some point. These were beautiful. This collection was inspired by the death of Howe's brother due to the AIDs epidemic.
Feels gentle but is so, so fierce and just totally full of love.
Feels gentle but is so, so fierce and just totally full of love.
mirajoe's review against another edition
5.0
My dad died in June. After, I felt so guilty every time I laughed at a joke or enjoyed a movie or stopped thinking about my grief for even a moment. How could I ever be joyful again when someone I loved was dead? A wise quote online helped me- my love does not lie in the pain of my grief. And the titular poem of this collection. Now, every time I find happiness, I respond to the corresponding guilt with Marie Howe's wisdom: I am living. I remember you. Death and mundane happinesses don't go together easily, but Howe manages to reconcile them.
theodoreforest's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.75