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A review by itsjunghan
More Than Organs by Kay Ulanday Barrett
5.0
[5 stars] The newest poetry collection from Kay Ulanday Barrett is a funny, vulnerable, and nostalgic conversation on identity, migration, disability, family, and love. It is bold and queer, reminding its readers that we too are more than organs; we laugh, we grieve, we remember, we rage, we connect with ourselves and each other.
My favorite poems are Aunties love it when seafood is on sale, song for the kicked out & weary, pain an epistle, Earthbenders are Black and Brown Girls, People say that we’ve survived Reagan, What are alarm clocks when I got spasms?, How to make salabat, The Get Well Lexicon, Loving in the Apocalypse Years.
Recommended for those who love their poetry at the intersection of snark and tenderness, all the QTPOCs who have ever been the only one of us in the room, and anyone who has been or still is in mourning.
Goodreads Challenge: 23/72
Popsugar Reading Challenge: A book with a three-word title
My favorite poems are Aunties love it when seafood is on sale, song for the kicked out & weary, pain an epistle, Earthbenders are Black and Brown Girls, People say that we’ve survived Reagan, What are alarm clocks when I got spasms?, How to make salabat, The Get Well Lexicon, Loving in the Apocalypse Years.
Recommended for those who love their poetry at the intersection of snark and tenderness, all the QTPOCs who have ever been the only one of us in the room, and anyone who has been or still is in mourning.
Goodreads Challenge: 23/72
Popsugar Reading Challenge: A book with a three-word title