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cavafy's review
4.0
The poem on half siblings illustrated feelings that are impossible to put into simple words... I will remeber it for a while
casparb's review
Now I bought this one because I was tired of seeing it win prizes & not having read it. I don't know precisely what that suggests for my expectations but suffice to say this is better than I had even imagined & I feel a touchstone for the decade I'm happy with this a representative.
There's a slant like Rachael Allen's perioracular veganism in Kingdomland though they're quite different poets -- a study in thematic correlation. Eat includes the mention of Cork's English Market which was wild to me because I had precisely the same headrush & ill feeling in there packed about by meatstalls. I ought to say that it's the best, most coherent & consistent collection on the topic of eating disorders which thread through the 'hunger strikes' of various saints/beatified - Catherine of Siena, Veronica Giuliani, Columba of Rieti, the author -- the poem What it Would Be Like to Eat a Girl really says so much already & the form! tight leash but daring.
Audrey Hepburn Moby Dick plethora of Plathisms but I'm resisting urges to quote at length -- consumed whole
There's a slant like Rachael Allen's perioracular veganism in Kingdomland though they're quite different poets -- a study in thematic correlation. Eat includes the mention of Cork's English Market which was wild to me because I had precisely the same headrush & ill feeling in there packed about by meatstalls. I ought to say that it's the best, most coherent & consistent collection on the topic of eating disorders which thread through the 'hunger strikes' of various saints/beatified - Catherine of Siena, Veronica Giuliani, Columba of Rieti, the author -- the poem What it Would Be Like to Eat a Girl really says so much already & the form! tight leash but daring.
Audrey Hepburn Moby Dick plethora of Plathisms but I'm resisting urges to quote at length -- consumed whole
maggies's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
A visceral collection of poems exploring womanhood, motherhood, Irishness, Catholicism through bodily experiences, especially those involving nourishment. Body horrors abound. Reminded me of the recent RadioLab episode "Cheating Death": life is death.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Cannibalism, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Pregnancy
giuliabrav_oh's review
5.0
found this in a secondhand bookstore a couple of days ago. sat down and read half of it in one go in the store. decided to pick it back up but i wanted to start from the beginning because the poems i remembered were so good. finished it just now and can’t wait to reread them. surprised this isn’t more popular, def gives dakota warren / on sun swallowing vibes.
wemilyebb's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, and Cannibalism