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A review by manureads
Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
“Maybe this living is a balance of drunkenness
off nitrogen and the unbearable
atmosphere of memory”
- Isn’t the Air Also a Body, Moving?
Postcolonial Love Poem is a pulitzer prize-winning collection by queer author Natalie Diaz. In this skillfully crafted collection, Diaz speaks of love, freedom in basketball, the persistence of culture & ceremony in colonialism, solidarity & kinship and water, land & the environment.
My favorite poems were definitely the ALL of the water ones, How the Milky Way Was Made and From the Desire Field. I think in in every collection there will be poems we deeply connect with and others not necessarily, but even the poems that didn’t resonate with me in this one were excellent. Diaz’s use of language is stellar and inspiring and I re-read several lines over and over just to better drink them in.
off nitrogen and the unbearable
atmosphere of memory”
- Isn’t the Air Also a Body, Moving?
Postcolonial Love Poem is a pulitzer prize-winning collection by queer author Natalie Diaz. In this skillfully crafted collection, Diaz speaks of love, freedom in basketball, the persistence of culture & ceremony in colonialism, solidarity & kinship and water, land & the environment.
My favorite poems were definitely the ALL of the water ones, How the Milky Way Was Made and From the Desire Field. I think in in every collection there will be poems we deeply connect with and others not necessarily, but even the poems that didn’t resonate with me in this one were excellent. Diaz’s use of language is stellar and inspiring and I re-read several lines over and over just to better drink them in.