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sarabchard's review against another edition
5.0
I find myself needing to read Natasha Trethway’s poetry out loud to myself, over and over, to appreciate and enjoy the language and emotion as it washes over me. She is a national treasure.
adambwriter's review against another edition
5.0
In a way, I’m glad I didn’t know this includes excepts from her other collections, because now I get to find all of those and read them, too.
xenlinde's review against another edition
3.0
Some of the poems definitely moved me especially "After Your Death", "Myth" and "Meditation at Decatur Square 4". Basically, the ones where she lays out the impact of her mother's death. I lost my father very suddenly last year (not to violence like her mother) but still, those poems really spoke to me.
There were a few others I liked but overall her style of poetry is not for me.
There were a few others I liked but overall her style of poetry is not for me.
vince_reads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Trethewey brilliantly shares the anguish of reemergence from generational racism, loss, and violence. The collection isn’t all like this, but the poems I will remember most, like “Pilgrimage”, will be carried, not kept.
If wanting a sample of Trethewey's work, find: "Enlightenment", "Illumination", and "What the Body Can Say".
If wanting a sample of Trethewey's work, find: "Enlightenment", "Illumination", and "What the Body Can Say".