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bananafreckles's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
cgcpoems's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.5
This is the second collection I’ve read and loved from Eve Ewing. Ewing uses outside sources, history, and research in her work in a way that is unique to her goals and her writing voice—others have done this, but none quite like her. This collection in particular is about The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, and concludes with one of my favorite Ewing poems (“I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store”).
I would recommend this collection to anyone, but particularly those that are hoping to learn about American history that’s often neglected in the classroom.
I would recommend this collection to anyone, but particularly those that are hoping to learn about American history that’s often neglected in the classroom.
jpsiphonophorae's review against another edition
5.0
I am not a poetry person, but when I started dogearing the pages for poems I enjoyed or was impacted by, I found that I had marked over half the book. What a stunning collection.
pink_distro's review against another edition
4.0
i don't really know anything about poetry! but i do occasionally like reading poems so i thought this would be a good starting book and indeed it was. eve ewing is great at using sort of magical imagery to give historical events the emotional force that they deserve. short beautiful book