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oceanbrain's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Beautiful and heart wrenching, I will be metabolizing this collection of poems for a while...working through the question of how to live with so much pain, life, death. How to live with the insanity of normalcy in the face violence towards Palestinians.
"...Your desire
to call your looking through this window
an act of social justice is corrupt."
Reflective on the act of writing and reading poetry, this issues both a window and a challenge to the reader.
"...Your desire
to call your looking through this window
an act of social justice is corrupt."
Reflective on the act of writing and reading poetry, this issues both a window and a challenge to the reader.
eeyores_flowers's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
criticalmiss's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
5.0
Hard hitting, feminist poetry. Another strong collection of poetry by a Palestinian American author
mothreadsbookssometimes's review against another edition
5.0
Definite favorite of the year
“A gathering of bodies might be called a circus to some // and a graveyard to others.”
“A bald eagle burdens its wings with suitcases, then drops them in another land.“
This is my favorite poetry collection I’ve ever read. The author’s writing is so visceral and emotional, and I found myself able to connect to the poems in a way that I usually don’t with poetry collections. I truly loved every poem in this book.
CW: These poems primarily discuss themes like colonization, Islamophobia, genocide, sexism
A major thank you to Sarah Wallace for gifting me an ebook copy🫶
“A gathering of bodies might be called a circus to some // and a graveyard to others.”
“A bald eagle burdens its wings with suitcases, then drops them in another land.“
This is my favorite poetry collection I’ve ever read. The author’s writing is so visceral and emotional, and I found myself able to connect to the poems in a way that I usually don’t with poetry collections. I truly loved every poem in this book.
CW: These poems primarily discuss themes like colonization, Islamophobia, genocide, sexism
A major thank you to Sarah Wallace for gifting me an ebook copy🫶
libraryoflanelle's review against another edition
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4.5
Yet another stunning yet heart breaking poetry collection. This is one of the hardest collections I’ve ever read but so incredibly important. Poetry remains my favourite way to learn about experiences outside of my own and this collection was no different. Noor’s words and sometimes lack of words paints such a painful image of the Palestinian experience, past and present. I would recommend this to anyone looking to read more from the Palestinian experience.