A review by radioheads
How to Cure a Ghost by Fariha Róisín

1.0

yes, topics such as race, generational trauma, immigration, etc. are very important and should still be addressed… i just don’t think this is how i’d like to read about them personally. this felt like a very twitter thread-y take on these topics with an occasional sprinkle of SAT words. though some poems were very personal (i particularly liked “rumi” and “self portraiture”), the entirety of the book was distancing, and began to feel repetitive for me at around 30%. yes, such topics are “haunting” so maybe that’s a part of it.. but this sort of repetition felt redundant to me.

i think if roisin has written essays/prose i am more likely to enjoy that than her poetry.