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A review by candelibri
Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up from Brooklyn to Palestine by Remi Kanazi
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Read this read this read this read this read this READ. THIS.
My heart is in TATTERS. I am in complete disbelief that this was published in 2015. How. HOW?! I would have BET. MONEY. that this was a new release.
This is the pinnacle of intersectional writing. If I could have shared every poem, I would have.
“Say their names
Like Newtown children
say their names
al Bayda, Shejaiya
Chicago, Staten Island
say their names
like haunting whispers
say their names”
I am just in awe. Every poem had me (metaphorically) throwing this book - I got it from the library so it was on my iPad - because this is exactly what I want from a collection that prides itself on sociopolitical commentary. Remi Kanazi leaves no stone unturned and spares no group, no topic from his pen.
Easily one of my favorite collections to date and I am so disappointed that it’s taken me this long to hear about it.
My heart is in TATTERS. I am in complete disbelief that this was published in 2015. How. HOW?! I would have BET. MONEY. that this was a new release.
This is the pinnacle of intersectional writing. If I could have shared every poem, I would have.
“Say their names
Like Newtown children
say their names
al Bayda, Shejaiya
Chicago, Staten Island
say their names
like haunting whispers
say their names”
I am just in awe. Every poem had me (metaphorically) throwing this book - I got it from the library so it was on my iPad - because this is exactly what I want from a collection that prides itself on sociopolitical commentary. Remi Kanazi leaves no stone unturned and spares no group, no topic from his pen.
Easily one of my favorite collections to date and I am so disappointed that it’s taken me this long to hear about it.