Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Tradition by Jericho Brown

29 reviews

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Challenging, sad and reflective. These poems packed punches of anger and grief. 

Some fav quotes: 
"None of the beaten end up how we began." - part 1, duplex
"A poem is a gesture toward home." - part 1, duplex
"I'm not crossing to cross back. I'm set on something vast. It reaches long as the sea. I'm more than a conqueror, bigger than bravery. I don't march. I'm the one who leaps." - part 3, crossing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, and Police brutality

Moderate: Hate crime, Rape, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

mandkips's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, and Police brutality

Moderate: Hate crime and Rape

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Mass/school shootings

habertoes's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

skudiklier's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Holy shit this was amazing. I read it all in one sitting because I just couldn't stop reading. So many lines made me just sort of sit there staring at nothing, like, they were just stunning. I definitely want to read more of Brown's work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny

f18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Bullying, Rape, and Sexism

whatizontheshelf's review

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Rape, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings

wngwendy's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

3.5

Some poems hit me harder than others, the poem about rape definitely weren’t easy to read for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Racism

poetsaredepressed's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

Heavy & light & queer & black & current & timeless 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, and Sexual assault