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austentranslation's review
5.0
This little book tells you the truth about grief, and opens its pages like arms to remind you that you're not alone, even when you are the most alone you've ever been. J Mase III doesn't pull punches, but he does give you the words you might not have known you needed. If you need a blessing and reminder that you are worth it, you'll find it in this book. If you need someone to just stop force feeding you platitudes and get real, it's also in this book. As a reader, you can really sense the heart that went into the creation of each and every page.
t_higgsreviews's review
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
4.75 Stars
Well this hut me hard but I also felt seen in so many ways. This is so much more than just poetry. There's discussions about grief, generational trauma, expectations that others place on us and those that we place on ourselves, toxic relationships, growing up black or mixed race and/or LGBTQIA+.
What Mase has created here is truly universal. He tells us his story without sugar coating it and never being afraid to admit when he'd done wrong or made questionable choices. This book also includes pages that we, if we so choose can write about our own grief and creativity and also a place to plan if our creativity is already (or we want to make it) our job.
As this book can be read/used in many different ways I can see myself revisiting this many times.
Well this hut me hard but I also felt seen in so many ways. This is so much more than just poetry. There's discussions about grief, generational trauma, expectations that others place on us and those that we place on ourselves, toxic relationships, growing up black or mixed race and/or LGBTQIA+.
What Mase has created here is truly universal. He tells us his story without sugar coating it and never being afraid to admit when he'd done wrong or made questionable choices. This book also includes pages that we, if we so choose can write about our own grief and creativity and also a place to plan if our creativity is already (or we want to make it) our job.
As this book can be read/used in many different ways I can see myself revisiting this many times.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, and Racism
Moderate: Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Slavery, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Bullying
shelbyforsythia's review
5.0
A magnificent personal perspective on grief, heartache, and being trans. My favorite moments were the love letters to/prayers for trans readers. Mase is not afraid to laugh, yell, and swear! Vital ingredients for a book on loss.
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