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dreamgalaxies's review against another edition
5.0
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A wonderful and dark meditation on black American womanhood, depression, life in late capitalism, pop culture layers...highly recommend. I read it twice, some poems 3 times.
A wonderful and dark meditation on black American womanhood, depression, life in late capitalism, pop culture layers...highly recommend. I read it twice, some poems 3 times.
aurea's review
book didn’t come in time to finish for class. should definitely pick up again at a later date
jacobandthefrogs's review against another edition
5.0
Oh my god what a mind I need to re read this like 80 times
trinityforever's review against another edition
3.0
a really fine collection of poems, you can sense the lifetime of lived experiences melding with cultural touchstones, sad truths spoken through a cracked smile interlaced with hope and promise shining through lamentations, beautiful and thoughtful
amanda_y8s's review against another edition
5.0
Saw a video of Morgan Parker reading of a piece from this collection and bought it on a whim. Loved every page.
carabee's review against another edition
4.0
THERE ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAN BEYONCE is a collection to grow on. There were more than a few allusions in the collection that sent me off to search engines, but I went happily, with succinct, luminous images buzzing in my head, like "For him you would be pumice shined to pearl" and "Some stars have aligned/ in our spines." These images lounge comfortably next to more brutally honest and simple thoughts like "art is nice but the question is how are you/making money are you for sale" and "I cannot believe/in how successful/and how alone I have been/today." Parker takes the kind of straightforward language that makes listeners fall in love with lyrics and slam poetry and infuses it with the caesuras and formatting sleights of hand that academia passes out to its poets.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Tin House for letting me have a sneak peak in exchange for my thoughts!
Many thanks to Netgalley and Tin House for letting me have a sneak peak in exchange for my thoughts!