A review by hdellabella
Inferno by Eileen Myles

3.0

I'm pretty unsure how I feel about this book; I think my main issue with it was its total deviation from a linear structure. Not to say that non-linear is bad, but often we would jump from Eileen at 22 to Eileen at 34 from paragraph to paragraph, and it was hard to keep up with where we were in time. The writing itself was enjoyable and definitely flavored by her poet's instinct, but I found it hard to keep up with all the secondary characters in the book (especially with the time jumps). But Myles did have nice insights into the life of a poet, especially one struggling to come to terms with her sexuality.