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jdukuray's review against another edition
5.0
Funny, sad memoir of the life and times of a poet's dysfunctional family. Gregory Pardlo, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book of poetry, Digest, has interesting and insightful reflections throughout, related to family, to society, and to literature.
8little_paws's review against another edition
4.0
IMO this was mis-marketed as a memoir--I found it to be a series of personal essays, and if you go into it with that mindset you'll be more satisfied. I really like his writing style and his reflections. It reminded me in a way of Negroland by Margo Jefferson, in that it is about the African American upper/educated class.
mayasophia's review against another edition
4.0
A well written an interesting memoir. Come for the dysfunction of a family headed by an awful father who is intent on killing himself by 65 and a brother who appears on the show Intervention, and stay for the thoughtful analysis of labor unions, Black identity, childrearing and development, addiction, and media.
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