Reviews

The History of Forgetting by Lawrence Raab

theseventhl's review

4.0

I don't usually read poetry collections of single authors but I'm glad I made an exception for this book of poems by Lawrence Raab. Some of them fell flat on my ears, but there were many that really struck a chord with me. At first I personally did not like the poems which were just continuations of quotes, but then I saw that said poems couldn't work without the quotes and actually grew beyond the choice lines at the beginning of each one. I'm looking forward to reading more of Raab's works - just not right away.

seedy's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.0

for someone who’s not rly a poetry person this scrambled smth up there 

divineauthor's review

challenging reflective slow-paced

4.5

“[…] people would yearn / for whatever they’d lost, and so to survive / they’d need to forget.” —“The History of Forgetting,” page 18

what an honor to read the poet that made emma’s brain scrambled eggs truly. anyway, raab has such a clear and sparse command of his writing that it just hits you in the face with its emotional heart. you just have to sit there afterwards you know?

adonisroses's review

emotional reflective sad

5.0

he is so insane for this. one of the best poetry books i've ever read.