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bashsbooks's review
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Nichelle is a crazy-talented poet. Her poems scratch the itches in my brain just like the ones I was reading constantly in undergrad to learn the craft. I especially enjoy her meditations on religion - and how she grapples with the idea of god in the face of racial, queer, and class injustices. My favorite poems were "Jesus Saves," the soup poems, and "When the Last Time You Went To Church?", but all of them are sooo good. I love the way Nichelle plays with space, too - the footnote poems were also all really clever. I cannot wait to read The Porch (As Sanctuary).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence
-These are the trigger warnings listed on the title page.
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