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blakeandbooks's review against another edition
5.0
He also takes time to discuss race + social justice issues. Smith is so articulate in his craft that it is difficult not to feel drawn to his words. I highly recommend this poetry to everyone. Even if you feel wary about reading poetry because it feels out of your scope of understanding, these poems are easily accessible and understandable.
Some of the poems that I stuck out to me were:
💚 Waiting on a Heartbeat
💙 Trying to Light a Candle in the Wind
💚 Nociception
💙 Roots
💚 Prehistoric Questions
💙 Ode to Those First Fifteen Minutes After the Kids Are Finally Asleep
💚 Look at That Pond
Graphic: Racism, Gun violence, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Pregnancy, Dementia, and Slavery
ashleycmms's review
4.5
Minor: Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Violence, Deportation, Colonisation, Dementia, Police brutality, and Slavery
serendipitysbooks's review
5.0
Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, and Slavery
jessereadsthings's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Medical trauma, Gun violence, and Racism
Moderate: Slavery and Child death
jaiari12's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, War, Pregnancy, and Mass/school shootings
rosierosereads's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: War, Grief, Slavery, and Gun violence
Minor: Death, Dementia, Infertility, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Racism
skudiklier's review against another edition
5.0
The poems in this collection are about so many things, but more than anything they're about parenthood--and all the fears and joys that come along with it.
Thank you to Little, Brown and Company and Netgalley for the chance to read and review this ARC.
Graphic: Pregnancy, Racism, Gun violence, War, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Sexism
Moderate: Slavery, Child death, Hate crime, Police brutality, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder
Minor: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Alcohol
CW for climate change, natural disaster/flood/hurricane