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mollief's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Would be open to trying her other poetry, but I had a bit of a time trying to find my reading rhythm with these.
jess_mango's review
4.0
I was so happy that I was selected to review a reprinted edition of Morgan Parker's debut poetry collection Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night. A couple of year's ago, I read and enjoyed Parker's more recent collection. [b:There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé|30304222|There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé|Morgan Parker|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1621431940l/30304222._SY75_.jpg|50787141]. In both this and that collection, Morgan Parker shares in powerful poems what it means to be a Black woman in modern society, with observations about everything from reality TV to texting. As a bit of reality show junkie, I loved the ones about reality TV. Too real.
I highly recommend this collection, even if you aren't a big poetry fan. :)
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!
I highly recommend this collection, even if you aren't a big poetry fan. :)
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!
kleonard's review against another edition
2.0
This did not do much for me. There were excellent passages but as a whole it felt frenetic and often jumbled, a very free stream-of-consciousness output but one that is unfocused and that collapses under the author's very large assumptions of reader understanding. To me this feels like a book for the writer rather than a book meant to be read by others; work that is cathartic but not resonant with external thought.
danidontduit's review
4.0
writing style has the disjointed-jointedness of dizzying, mesmerizing poetry, where so many of the phrases and words seem nonsensical until you really read it all together and everything resonates unexpectedly with its rhythm and flow. fascinating exploration of the boxes people put others into
kayla_can_read's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Sometimes the collection felt a little disjointed but theirs a distinctive voice to most of the work with the clarity of someone knowing how they’re sharpening their tongue
omwomack02's review against another edition
3.0
i read this for class. i enjoyed some poems. but it is difficult to sit with it when you're on a time crunch.