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A review by ellenannmary
100 Queer Poems by Andrew McMillan, Mary Jean Chan
5.0
Thanks to the publisher via NetGalley for the eARC of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.
What a wonderful collection of poetry - I can’t wait to get my hands on the physical copy so that I can dip in and annotate more thoroughly. Covering the last century or so of queer poetry, this anthology documents the diversities and commonalities of the queer experience. I particularly enjoyed the experience of reading a much older poem sandwiched between two more recent poems, and having the context and experience reading of the older one entirely transformed. I also really liked the separation of the poems into thematic sections - ‘Queer Domesticities’ was my personal favourite of these. I think it will serve as a great primer for getting into poetry in general.
What a wonderful collection of poetry - I can’t wait to get my hands on the physical copy so that I can dip in and annotate more thoroughly. Covering the last century or so of queer poetry, this anthology documents the diversities and commonalities of the queer experience. I particularly enjoyed the experience of reading a much older poem sandwiched between two more recent poems, and having the context and experience reading of the older one entirely transformed. I also really liked the separation of the poems into thematic sections - ‘Queer Domesticities’ was my personal favourite of these. I think it will serve as a great primer for getting into poetry in general.