A review by brice_mo
The New Testament by Jericho Brown

2.0

This is likely a me issue based on how much people love Jericho Brown's work, but like The Tradition, I just didn't find much here. These are very competent and sturdy poems, but I just never felt like they had any unexpected turns or took any risks. My guess is that most people read this as the poet's confident voice, but for me, part of the appeal of poetry is its ambition with language—a willingness to test its limits.