A review by jeninmotion
Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems by Adrienne Rich, Sara Miles, June Jordan, Jan Heller Levi

emotional reflective slow-paced

I absolutely cannot give this a star rating and here's why: I read this anthology completely the wrong way, which is to say cover to cover. Never read a book like this cover to cover, your brain goes numb and only every so often registers an absolute banger of a poem. It just doesn't work. Like, this is a magisterial collection, but never read poetry like a book where you start at the beginning and go to the end. No; poetry should be read in spurts, maybe even just one, something that matches your mood. or maybe a sequence. Or a few by theme, finding the sensual Jordan, the Black and proud Jordan using Black English like a precision instrument, or political and angry Jordan.

Do not, do not just read it straight through. Even slowly - I did this over like 2 months. There's too much. It goes meaningless that way.