496 reviews for:

Calling a Wolf a Wolf

Kaveh Akbar

4.29 AVERAGE

kendra_kendra's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional medium-paced

lukewhenderson's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

literarydevotee's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

badlydrawnhuman's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

st4r9irl's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

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i always wanted to be a saint but i thought i’d be one of the miserable ones sainted by pain.

samranakhtar's review against another edition

3.0

informative inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

cnnr876's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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enjoyed seeing akbar’s poetry evolve from portrait of the alcoholic. you can see him work through the themes of his life. evocative and meaningful. 

sol84's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

sapphicswrld's review against another edition

2.5

reflective sad fast-paced

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  I am less horrible than I could be     I’ve never set a house on fire     never thrown a firstborn off a bridge still my whole life I answered every cry for help with a pour     with a turning away      I’ve given this coldness many names      thinking if it had a name it would have a solution      thinking if I called a wolf a wolf I might dull its fangs

I did not understand most of it but there were a few gems that I loved. 

Most days I try hard to act human, to breathe
like a human and speak with the same flat language, but often
my kindness is clumsy—I stop a stranger to tie his shoe and
end up kissing his knees.

readingtomydogs's review against another edition

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Had to return