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

3 reviews

brightestwitch_maddie's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, and Sexual assault

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

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