A review by shanviolinlove
Guillotine: Poems by Eduardo C. Corral

4.0

Explosive images arise in Corral's latest collection. Bodies in the Sonora desert, graffiti etched by both migrants and racists in water station barrels, histories unraveling through fragmented memories and tender dialogues from a father's son or a former lover. Guillotine thoughtfully and boldly considers race, politics, migration, and sexuality with nods to Lorca, Rita Dove, and Whitman. Occasional poems use language we've all seen before in contemporary poetry, so I can't give it an A+ in creativity, but the poems in which Corral's ingenuity shines are dynamic and haunting.