Reviews

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes

seymone's review against another edition

4.0

A black mans truth, pain and ramblings. I felt the intensity of his words (I listened to the audio book). This book of poems is on the way to me, as we speak. I will refer back to these poems, again.

rodney1946's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Hayes is wonderfully charismatic, in person and on the page. Luscious word hungry writing

bolognio108's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

justasking27's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

ariadnemacquarie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

herblueglasses's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

casparb's review against another edition

rly! !! still very good. a classic of the era , if I may be so bold

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A really strong one I'm impressed I'm pleased I'm wondering if this has aged and will age well. Hayes has a brilliant, honed sense of cadence and serves the line often impeccably. My particular loves to the Sonnets starting 'I only intend to send word to my future', 'Rilke ends his sonnet ...', 'Our sermon today concerns the dialectic'

Also, of course, I really appreciate Hayes' emphasis on the wonderful James Baldwin in 'Seven of the ten things I love in the face'. More poets this way

ameliasbooks's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

itsme_dkp's review against another edition

4.0

[3.75 stars]

htoo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Must read collection of "sonnets" which forces one to reflect on the Trump era. While a couple of the poems didn't work for me, the vast majority of them hits home.