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hallecarlson's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
fin_simmons's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
often made me scoff out loud. A nostalgic vibey 80s/90s queer evocation of a poet’s New York. Hit the spot. Queerness before pinkwashing
often made me scoff out loud. A nostalgic vibey 80s/90s queer evocation of a poet’s New York. Hit the spot. Queerness before pinkwashing
h00lig0n's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
no real plot - mainly following a women poet in new york in the 60s to current day.
meganmilks's review against another edition
5.0
"Everything was pathetic and it wouldn't stop. I'm a mess. And I could show how that looked. I resigned myself to continuous movement. Like I'm drawing. Like if there is "a form" it exists independent of me, or else I'm complicit in it. I'm wandering in it. Underlining. Changing horses all the time. And each decision left a mark.
And I lay there in the hot New York night writing my poem to Alice, to Susie, to everyone I knew--about being--not in literature, not in relation to some historical form, or even art. I'm alive in life and I'm...walking its dog. Some profound creaturliness was guiding me. I began to understand a poem as a performance of that. I looked out the window. And it loved me. Everything went wiggle-wiggle." (214-5)
And I lay there in the hot New York night writing my poem to Alice, to Susie, to everyone I knew--about being--not in literature, not in relation to some historical form, or even art. I'm alive in life and I'm...walking its dog. Some profound creaturliness was guiding me. I began to understand a poem as a performance of that. I looked out the window. And it loved me. Everything went wiggle-wiggle." (214-5)
carlyque's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely loved this...it was fresh and alive and funny. (and more E Village love affairs.)
ohjilla's review against another edition
5.0
Eileen Myles has this singular cadence that forces you to slow down and take in every word. Also, inferno is right!
mirandacactusreads's review against another edition
3.0
I had to take my time with this book because there was so much meandering in it. It mostly just felt like a plotless chronicle of Eileen Myles’s life, just people they were hanging out with and having sex with and traveling with. I think I liked the last third the best because it felt more like short anecdotes instead of a winding, changing story. There were some really great moments in here! A lot of self-discovery and awkwardness and shenanigans. I liked how it was like listening to a friend tell stories.