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A review by mcloonejack
Crush by Richard Siken
4.0
I’m still horrifically bad at reading poetry, but I forced myself to take my time and really appreciate this one, and it helped! It didn’t hurt that Siken’s rawness makes it hard to read too many of his poems in a row.
Virtually every piece in this book is a beautiful car crash (or motorcycle wreck) to the point where I don’t like writing about it because nothing I say will really encapsulate it. Louise Glück’s introduction really sets the scene well when (paraphrasing) she says that this is a collection of obsession and panic. Though there is also an undercurrent of tenderness, both present but also often yearned for.
This rules and will kick your ass. Recommend.
Virtually every piece in this book is a beautiful car crash (or motorcycle wreck) to the point where I don’t like writing about it because nothing I say will really encapsulate it. Louise Glück’s introduction really sets the scene well when (paraphrasing) she says that this is a collection of obsession and panic. Though there is also an undercurrent of tenderness, both present but also often yearned for.
This rules and will kick your ass. Recommend.