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A review by krys_kilz
Patient by Bettina Judd
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
5.0
This collection is absolutely breathtaking - probably one of my favorite poetry collections I've ever read.
Judd blends archival research, personal narrative, memory and hauntology into a complex collection that is simultaneously horrifying and liberating. I will certainly return to this book again and again.
Some of my favorite poems were: After Memory; The Researcher Contemplates Venus; Haunted By the Living, I Talk to the Dead; Of Air and Sea; A Diagnosis Is an Ending.
tw: medical/scientific racism, misogynoir, slavery
Judd blends archival research, personal narrative, memory and hauntology into a complex collection that is simultaneously horrifying and liberating. I will certainly return to this book again and again.
Some of my favorite poems were: After Memory; The Researcher Contemplates Venus; Haunted By the Living, I Talk to the Dead; Of Air and Sea; A Diagnosis Is an Ending.
tw: medical/scientific racism, misogynoir, slavery
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma, Racism, Slavery, and Misogyny