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mandkips's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Racism
Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, and Sexual content
Minor: Colonisation, Genocide, and Death
lowbrowhighart's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Racism, and Blood
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Addiction, Gun violence, Mental illness, Genocide, Colonisation, War, and Self harm
krys_kilz's review against another edition
4.5
My favorite poems in the collection were: Manhattan Is a Lenape Word, American Arithmetic, They Don't Love You Like I Love You, The First Water Is the Body, exhibits from The American Water Museum, and Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Colonisation and Genocide
bethread's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Colonisation, Violence, and Racism
courtneyfalling's review against another edition
4.0
Favorite poems:
- Manhattan Is a Lenape Word
- Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball
- The First Water Is the Body
- exhibits from The American Water Museum
- Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera
Minor: Colonisation and Genocide
marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Colonisation
gabbygarcia's review against another edition
4.25
This is my knee, since she touches me there.
This is my throat, as defined by her reaching.
This collection is something really special. It’s not immediately accessible, but once you peel back the layers of each poem (scrolling through the dictionary a few times…), it’s so worth the work. Some favorites of mine include “Manhattan is a Lenape Word”, “American Arithmetic”, “They Don’t Love You Like I Love You”, “The First Body Is The Water”, “exhibits from The American Water Museum”, and “Isn’t the Air Also a Body, Moving?”. Too many favorites! I love the way she writes about water, light, language, and the body. I love how she connects the poems to one another through vocabulary and metaphor. Absolutely excellent and stunning.
Minor: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Sexual content, and Violence