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hannalizzy's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
This was a great collection. Themes of viral infections, endemics, sickness, colonization, racism, Islamophobia, systemic issues in the medical world. The social commentary is firm, clinical, backed up, and powerful but not so heavy handed, making it still really good poetry. I gasped audibly multiple times, there are some amazing lines in this collection. Editing over the HIPPA oath was such a unique and powerful idea. I loved this line in “Anti Body” (which is written sideways and I love that) : “do not bleed in peace. bleed knowing.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Abortion, Medical trauma, Racism, Colonisation, Islamophobia, Medical content, and Religious bigotry
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