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A review by hades9stages
Manorism by Yomi Sode
5.0
brand new poetry from Yọ̀mí Ṣódé, examining the lives of black british men and boys; contemporary masculinity deepened by family, misinterpreted by media, and complicated by the riches, and the costs, of belonging and inheritance. exploring the differences of impunity afforded to white and black peoples, and to white and black artists.
ṣódé asks what it means to find oneself between worlds- who is, and who isn’t, allowed ti be more than their origins? what do we owe each other? what do we owe ourselves.
anyone who’s followed or known me for a while is probably familiar with the fact that i don’t usually enjoy poetry. not because i don’t find it interesting or impressive, but just because i’m pretty oblivious to “deeper meanings” and metaphors most of the time, party because of the autism and partly because i don’t know how to pick them out and properly think about them.
but i found this book genuinely amazing. undoubtedly i’ll be reading more by yọ̀mí ṣódé in the future, his work is absolutely incredible, i could not look away, i read this in pretty much one go. some parts i’ve already reread.
i could not recommend this more, i recommend this to even people like me who usually don’t read poetry.
ṣódé is definitely someone special and i have a feeling he will be around and spoken about for a very very long time.
now i’m quite pleased with myself for buying a signed edition.
ṣódé asks what it means to find oneself between worlds- who is, and who isn’t, allowed ti be more than their origins? what do we owe each other? what do we owe ourselves.
anyone who’s followed or known me for a while is probably familiar with the fact that i don’t usually enjoy poetry. not because i don’t find it interesting or impressive, but just because i’m pretty oblivious to “deeper meanings” and metaphors most of the time, party because of the autism and partly because i don’t know how to pick them out and properly think about them.
but i found this book genuinely amazing. undoubtedly i’ll be reading more by yọ̀mí ṣódé in the future, his work is absolutely incredible, i could not look away, i read this in pretty much one go. some parts i’ve already reread.
i could not recommend this more, i recommend this to even people like me who usually don’t read poetry.
ṣódé is definitely someone special and i have a feeling he will be around and spoken about for a very very long time.
now i’m quite pleased with myself for buying a signed edition.