A review by reba_reads_books
Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds

4.0

I wasn't sure how to rate this. Some poems felt like taking medicine. Others felt like swallowing a blessing at church. I didn't follow some of the language, similar to how I can't follow some of e.e. Cumming's language. But I still love e.e. Cummings for what of his work I do get, and that's how I feel about Sharon Olds too. As far as I can tell, the popular critical reviews of this text are written by men criticizing the legitimacy of a woman's experience being left for another woman, implying a collection-length work about a woman's divorce is emotionally indulgent, and insensitive to her ex-husband's emotions to boot. Needless to say, this is one of those times I am very grateful for Goodreads... showing me that highbrow sexism is alive and well.