A review by mjgriffinii74656
Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon

4.0

While I don’t always feel like I stand on solid ground while reading poetry, this volume didn’t do that much to make feel that much more sure of what poetry is to me and how I should/could make sense of it. The volume’s topic — death — is truly arresting in so many of the poems. But the one reason I am glad that I discovered this volume (and followed through with reading it after a dear friend’s recommendation) is because the interview at the end of the collection is some of the greatest commentary and critical thinking about death, language, and art that I’ve read in years. Made me want to jump back into a Postmodern Literary Theory course that I took in undergrad.