Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color by Christopher Soto

8 reviews

bryelle's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.75

Really good poetry for understanding different people and how they experience the world from queer people of color. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Racial slurs

bookishlesbian's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

Minor: Death and Violence

whoischels's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.0

Some real gems of raw emotion and brutality in this make it worth a read. As a whole though, sort of drags midway through, and I'd like to have had some sort of grounding in when a poem was written. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, and Racism

emzireads's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Terminal illness

ariscormanoreilly's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

A fantastic anthology. As to be expected with any anthology, I didn’t love all of the poems, however I concede that I may not have fully understood them, been the target audience, or many such reasons, and they were very likely good. Many of the poems deal with very heavy topics, however, there were some lighthearted poems and love poems, which I appreciated as well. 
It was nice to read fantastic poetry by queer poets, especially by queer poets of color, who are often erased from history and the present. 
Many of the poems were incredibly impactful, emotional, and thought-provoking. 
Overall, I loved this anthology. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Suicide

pastelkerstin's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad

3.5

Favourites:

"I Have A Time Machine" - Brenda Shaughnessy

"Don't Let The Fascists Speak [I am a child of America]" - Pat Parker 

"Elegy with My Mother's Lipstick" - Paul Tran 

"Dominion" - Carl Phillips 

"Chelsea Piers" - Joseph O. Legaspi 

"Litanies to My Heavenly Brown Body" - Mark Aguhar 

"The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth Floor Window" - Joy Harjo 

"Heavy" - Hieu Minh Nguyen 

"The Lost Woods as Elegy for Black Childhood" - Derrick Austin 

"I Have a Rendezvous With Life" - Countee Cullen 

"Cattails" - Nikky Finney 

"Ghazal After Quebec City" - Madiha Khan

"The Cure For What Ails You" - Cameron Awkward-Rich

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Transphobia, Fatphobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Death, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Gun violence, Violence, Bullying, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Genocide, Misogyny, Xenophobia, War, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Sexism

Minor: Suicide, Self harm, and Slavery

Misgendering, nazis

sofiarodriguez's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

This is a beautiful poetry anthology that truly tackles the struggles of queer people of color in America. The structure of the anthology bridges and blends together different styles seamlessly while simultaneously maintaining an overarching theme of the feeling of "otherness" in the face of a hetero and cisnormative society. Some of the poems (such as "The Boy With Baleen for Teeth", "The Body in August", "The Language of Dust ", "Watching a Woman on the M101 Express", and "American Wedding") truly resonated with me and left me thinking about my own identity while staring at the ceiling at 1 am

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Fatphobia

These poems try to tackle big-picture issues surrounding race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Although I would highly recommend this anthology, I understand how this content could potentially be triggering to some people.

brnineworms's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Every poem in this anthology is moving and powerful in its own way. Some are harrowing gut punches, while others are more gentle and contemplative. The variety is certainly a boon.

I can’t rate each poem individually because there are so many of them, but some of my favourites were The [Black]Outs: Listen by Steffan Triplett, Actually, Yes, Everything is About Race by Madison Johnson, Untitled (Destroying Flesh) by Juliana Huxtable, and Boy in a Stolen Evening Gown by Saeed Jones.

I’m speechless. I wish I had something profound to say, some astute insight. I suppose the poems speak for themselves, so all I can do is give a recommendation. Five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual content, Murder, Hate crime, Child death, Death, Blood, Terminal illness, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Antisemitism, Genocide, Suicide, Cancer, Ableism, and Animal death

Minor: Slavery, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident