Reviews

Mutiny by Phillip B. Williams

churameru's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

freechasetoday's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

totsfions's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Full disclosure, Williams was a professor of mine while I was in college, although I only ever took one class with him. I found this book on the shelves of the library where I now work, and decided to give it a read because I remember the class fondly, and was eager to see Williams' wit, humor, and poignancy on the page. I was blown away. The craft of these poems is unparalleled, and matched with a subject matter and tone that is as captivating as it is gut-wrenching.  Despite the wealth of bad poetry in the world, you will not find a bad poem in this book. My personal favorites in this collection are "Final Poem for the White Students Next Door Who Say 'N*gga' When Singing Along to Rap Songs Loud Enough for Me to Hear," "Final Poem as  Request for Maskot for White-Ran Journal, or 'They Sure do Love Black Pain.'," "Final Poem as Tidalectic Elegy" (this one in particular took my breath away), "Judgement," "Final Poem for the Moon," and "Mastery." I will be recommending this book for a long time to come. 

de_es_em's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Racism

rtwilliams16's review

3.0

Favorite poems in this collection: "Final Poem for a King", "January 28, 1918", and "Shame". Quite a few lines stick with you after you read them.

"We are captivated by the possibility of a freedom impossible to receive from the ones who promised it." -"January 28, 1918"

clarendon's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is an incredible work of poetry. Williams's poems have this leaping quality about them; they seem to move quickly from idea to idea in a riveting way. This book will stick with me for a long time. 

nikwes's review

5.0

These poems are beautiful, insightful, inspiring. The language is profound, and clever. Every line hold a lot of weight, every decision of form feels like it was considered. He captures human experieince both in raw vulnerability and a deep, bitter satiricism. 

nikki_readsss's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.75

emiliereads2000's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

ebonyrose's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0