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locke_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Car accident, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Medical content, and War
emory's review against another edition
Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Car accident, Cursing, Cancer, Drug use, and War
ejanephillips's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Bullying, Cursing, and Homophobia
gay's review against another edition
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
hilaryreadsbooks's review against another edition
5.0
May the taste of grief be slowly rinsed from our mouths. “What we’ll always have is something we lost,” but may we also always feel the edge of a found dollar bill when we reach into our pockets. May we reach towards a world where those too tired to be happy are still alive; may their rested bodies stretch the length of the earth and may heaven still be for another day. May dead mothers still be alive in dreams. May we dream that we can manipulate time and wake up, still breathing. “I was made to die but I’m here to stay,” and may we always have a reason to stay. May we leave people and places and memories so that we have a reason to stay. May we always wish for more; may we always allow ourselves to wish for more.
May this mediocre body still be enough. May sensation not hurt so much, and when it does, may we realize that a body that feels like this cannot be mediocre. May we continue to feel, and feel, and feel, even when feeling becomes too much. May we still love when we are afraid of love. May we still love when we have been hurt by love. May we still love because this is all the time we have to love.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Suicide, War, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Self harm
saragrochowski's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Child death, Sexual violence, and War
maria_winther's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Racism, Suicide, and War
pey333's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual assault
krys_kilz's review against another edition
4.5
My favorite poems in the collection were: The Bull, Dear Peter, Beautiful Short Loser, American Legend, Not Even, Nothing and Ars Poetica as the Maker.
"I'm not sad, he told me once, laughing, I'm just always here."
"I know. I know the room you've been crying in is called America.
I know the door is not invented yet."
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and War
Minor: Suicide