Reviews

Live for a Living by Buddy Wakefield

mugren's review against another edition

1.0

Performance poetry that does nothing on paper. I've never seen Buddy perform anything, so the poems might not even be good regardless of their medium.

tanyapoet's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this book. I already loved some of these poems in it for many years, since hearing them performed. Reading this book strung them together like pearls on a beautiful necklace. Thank you for your work, your writing, your life, Buddy Wakefield.
PS I think the journal entries help hold the intensity and ferocity of these spoken word pieces. Structure, Brilliant :)

cyndil's review

5.0

There is no substitute for seeing Buddy Wakefield perform live. However, the book is still excellent because it includes journal entries and a few explanations about his poems. I'm pretty sure this is one I'll read again and again.

If you ever get a chance to see him live I highly recommend it.

jamesflint's review

4.0

i LOVE buddy wakefield's poetry but i really wasn't that interested in the journal entries which is why this is 4 stars and not 5