A review by kidasquared
Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

I found this through an excerpt in Lerner’s The Hatred of Poetry. I appreciated its aesthetic and approach—its “mixed media” is engaging and reminds me how boundless literature can be, especially in the poetry world where I see these artistic liberties taken more often.

there are moments where Rankine’s prose didn’t grab me as much as I would’ve liked. the message is strong, but its existential language kept me at a distance

C+/B-