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booksandel's review against another edition
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Poetry isn't my forte but wow wow wow did Baca really force you to think about incarceration, loneliness, ecology, and self in such a beautiful way. He really uses these words (the book) as his form of protest and there is so much to unpack here. His use of metaphor was phenomenal. I could go on and on but truly as someone who really struggles with poetry, I loved this collection.
Poetry isn't my forte but wow wow wow did Baca really force you to think about incarceration, loneliness, ecology, and self in such a beautiful way. He really uses these words (the book) as his form of protest and there is so much to unpack here. His use of metaphor was phenomenal. I could go on and on but truly as someone who really struggles with poetry, I loved this collection.
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4.0
This slim volume was so intense that it took me a long time to read it. I mean that in a good way, as there was only so much one could absorb at one time. I have used some of the poems in a prison writing group and they resonate in that environment so strongly. Jimmy has the voice of people the wider culture tend to purposefully overlook and I am so grateful I found this little book.
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