Reviews

Pioneers In The Study Of Motion by Susan Briante

yeller's review against another edition

5.0

Finally, I get to read some poetry for my poetry class that doesn't follow any normative styles! I absolutely adore Briante's poetry, even with such densely poetic metaphors you are still able to understand exactly what she is saying. The juxtaposition of some beautiful image with something real and gritty (such as with the line "Nothing bleeds deeper than traffic lights.") is often used in her poetry, but never gets tiring, at least for me. Her poetry is raw, and gritty, and visceral, and about actual life. She writes as she thinks, without boundaries or transitional phrases, resulting in non-sequiters that should feel wrong, but in fact feel like they belong. Wonderful.

heypretty52's review

3.0

"My primer in tatters. The 'u' scrubbed from 'color' and 'labor'. Whole letters began to slip from your nap." A volume with some excellent moments, though less cohesive than I would've liked.

missmarauder2's review

5.0

Finally, I get to read some poetry for my poetry class that doesn't follow any normative styles! I absolutely adore Briante's poetry, even with such densely poetic metaphors you are still able to understand exactly what she is saying. The juxtaposition of some beautiful image with something real and gritty (such as with the line "Nothing bleeds deeper than traffic lights.") is often used in her poetry, but never gets tiring, at least for me. Her poetry is raw, and gritty, and visceral, and about actual life. She writes as she thinks, without boundaries or transitional phrases, resulting in non-sequiters that should feel wrong, but in fact feel like they belong. Wonderful.