A review by matthew_whiteman
Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals by Patricia Lockwood

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

4.0

loved this! lockwood rlly is built different like no one is doing it like her. big lol moments throughout, whether by way of witty one liners or absurd combinations of incongruous things and batshit personifications of nature or literally whatever lockwood desires. can also hit on some surprising poignant moments tho (‘r*pe joke’ comes to mind, tho i’ve seen people say this is the least lockwood poem in the collection which i a little agree w but i still don’t think anyone but her cld write it). i esp love the longer poems, it’s really enthralling (and often hilarious) to read lockwood stretch an idea to its limits, like in the mother and father of american tit pics. i think sometimes the shorter ones dont sink in as much, but maybe tht comes w rereads. but yea real good