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steviel's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Chronic illness, and Sexual content
Minor: Mental illness
racial slurs are used to de-stigmatize and to reclaim.lilawsahar's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Buy it! Read it! If you’re white, use it to develop some empathy! I’m white and my heart grew ten times the size. Off to go buy their other poetry collectives.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Hate crime, Mental illness, Grief, and Racial slurs
Minor: Classism, Transphobia, Suicide, Sexual content, Homophobia, Police brutality, Blood, and Gun violence
therainbowshelf's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Danez Smith’s poetry is reflective of life, and takes a hard look at racism, homophobia, and living with aids. There are a lot of striking lines in this book. I listened to the audio, so although I don’t think I got as much of the poems’ contents, it was fun listening to Danez perform his work. I also appreciated the intro explaining the real title of this collection and why he called it Homie.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Police brutality, Grief, and Chronic illness
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