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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
Kisner is a fresh voice. She explores ideas around the boundaries between self and something bigger, be it through the lens of a spiritual force, a racial or cultural identity, a mental illness, or simply a tightly wound story of who you are and who you aren’t. What I appreciated about it was that she didn’t fall into easy tropes of “not this or that” but illustrates where the inbetween spaces are legitimately their own space outright, or where the boundaries are closer to collisions or interweavings. It was exactly what I needed right now.
From a reader’s perspective of it as a whole collection, I didn’t like how some essays were long, meandering, and clearly packed a lot of research in and others were simply two pages and felt like a cutting on a bulletin board of inspo. Still, would very much recommend.
From a reader’s perspective of it as a whole collection, I didn’t like how some essays were long, meandering, and clearly packed a lot of research in and others were simply two pages and felt like a cutting on a bulletin board of inspo. Still, would very much recommend.
I could have gone without the first to essays, but out of 13, I really enjoyed 10 of them. Over all 3.5 out 5. More thoughts to come.
My literary catnip: well-researched intellectual essays on a myriad of random topics. Kisner's writing is an absolute treasure -- highly recommend!
Favorites: Habitus, The Other City, Phone Calls from the Apocalypse
Favorites: Habitus, The Other City, Phone Calls from the Apocalypse