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jeleigh16's review against another edition
4.25
While I did find this collection a bit disjointed, I enjoyed the overall effect of this author exploring a deep internal want on these pages. To belong, to celebrate, to thrive.
solarpqwer's review against another edition
5.0
Okay, I've never been a big poetry person. My standard for it has always been "I like this! It sounds nice!" or "I just don't get it." This semester, I'm taking a poetry writing class for a requirement for my English major and my view has completely shifted. I have a new appreciation for poetry, the potential fluidity of its structure and the unknown/vague feelings that may come with poetry. My professor specifically recommended me this book for an essay we'll be writing about a poetry collection of our choice and I am so glad they did because I absolutely am in love with this book. Calvocoressi is a brilliant story-teller and doesn't shy away from those uncomfortable images and feelings which is exactly what I love in fiction and what I have come to love in reading poetry. I especially love the fluidity of the Bandleader and the explorations of gender, the body, and our relationships with other people. So so good
rjbedell's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
5.0
One of my all-time poetry favorites. Queer eroticism and identity blur beautifully with grief, violence, and loss of innocence. A striking and unique style, tone, and tightly cohesive image system. The rare poetry book that has a recurring cast of characters without feeling novelistic or prosaic.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Animal death
Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Body horror
Minor: War, Death of parent, and Physical abuse
earthtokb's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Minor: Sexual content
vesryn's review against another edition
5.0
You need to read this book. Actually, you need to own it. I plan on buying it for myself and as a gift for others. So beautiful, so tender, so incredible.