A review by jess_mango
If God Is a Virus by Seema Yasmin

4.0

Viruses have been on the forefront of everyone's mind for the past year. But for some, viruses have always been a big part of their work. Seema Yasmin is a medical doctor and a journalist who has worked the front line of outbreaks, including Ebola. In this new collection of poems, she uses her personal experiences as a female doctor of color working those front lines. She recounts times that people haven't respected her or asked for another doctor because of her gender or her skin color. She also shares in poetry form the dichotomy between how the world reacts to an outbreak that causes deaths of white people vs. those that cause deaths of black people. This collection as a well-done personal examination of virus with special attention to how reactions are impacted by sexism and racism. Recommend this one!


Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!