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soupwitch86's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. This book fucked my whole shit up. This book is only 60 pages but took me months to read because I had to keep walking away and coming back. It is packed with so much...muchness.
Nichole Perkins writes about being a Black woman, living in Tennessee, depression, depression eating, relationships with: men, her family, herself.
I can't speak to being a Black woman or living in Tennessee, but the rest knocked me the fuck out. And EVERYTHING was written beautifully. I dog-eared all the poems that punched me in the gut or made me stop and it was at least half the book. I'll come back when I have the book on me to list some of my favorites, but wow, Perkins really understands the human condition and knows how to write about it beautifully.
Nichole Perkins writes about being a Black woman, living in Tennessee, depression, depression eating, relationships with: men, her family, herself.
I can't speak to being a Black woman or living in Tennessee, but the rest knocked me the fuck out. And EVERYTHING was written beautifully. I dog-eared all the poems that punched me in the gut or made me stop and it was at least half the book. I'll come back when I have the book on me to list some of my favorites, but wow, Perkins really understands the human condition and knows how to write about it beautifully.
shewantsthediction's review
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
Don't let the simplistic language fool you; there's some beautiful, lyrical pieces in here and banging lines. After having read her book, I think I prefer her as a poet. She hashes many of the same subjects, but usually better.
Unfortunately there were too many love poems for my taste, and you can tell most of it is based in the reality of her life.
Unfortunately there were too many love poems for my taste, and you can tell most of it is based in the reality of her life.
livesinpages's review against another edition
5.0
" The way meaning builds on images or colors, the callbacks, how poems earlier in the collection are illuminated by the later poems, and then re-illuminated when read again from beginning to end. It works very much like life—the wisdom Perkins gains is used to reflect back on those earlier experiences, giving them their meaning. She takes us from a series of childhood memories through an adulthood bubbling with joy and love and heartache and loss and pain, and then, in the end, we’re brought back to that little girl again, in “Avon for Life,” the final poem. A moment of play, this time her mother’s makeup and perfumes her tools; she is taking in all their wonders, mysteries. But she is no longer confused or naïve about the world."
Full review: https://www.barrelhousemag.com/onlinelit/2018/11/26/barrelhouse-reviews-lilith-but-dark-by-nichole-perkins
Full review: https://www.barrelhousemag.com/onlinelit/2018/11/26/barrelhouse-reviews-lilith-but-dark-by-nichole-perkins
sambria's review against another edition
5.0
what i like about his is how visual it is. and how much i felt seen while reading it.
diemnhun's review against another edition
5.0
I am a massive fan of Nichole Perkins' work, and I think she's a spectacular writer.
I need Nichole to write some romance novels. I want stories of black women and their HEAs. Contemporary, historical, urban fantasy, suspense, any sub genre really... I'd inhale them like air.
I need Nichole to write some romance novels. I want stories of black women and their HEAs. Contemporary, historical, urban fantasy, suspense, any sub genre really... I'd inhale them like air.
shannonigans322's review against another edition
5.0
I flew through this book in a single sitting. Passion and loss, self-love and self-loathing, friendship and family, Nichole Perkins covers it all with a grace and voice that left me in tears and/or speechless at multiple points. I cannot wait to see what she will do next.
maliajackson's review
4.0
I adore Nichole on the Thirst Aid Kit podcast so I had to check out her poetry. If you listen to her podcast she's a very sensory/sensual kind of person, and I think her poetry is best when she leans into that.
One of the poems really stopped me in my tracks at the last line, which is rare and welcome.
I also completely love that she wrote a poem about the ABOMINABLE xojane article about black women and yoga (https://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/it-happened-to-me-there-are-no-black-people-in-my-yoga-classes-and-im-uncomfortable-with-it) Bless that whole mess.
One of the poems really stopped me in my tracks at the last line, which is rare and welcome.
I also completely love that she wrote a poem about the ABOMINABLE xojane article about black women and yoga (https://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/it-happened-to-me-there-are-no-black-people-in-my-yoga-classes-and-im-uncomfortable-with-it) Bless that whole mess.
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