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Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems by Melania Luisa Marte
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3.0
I feel sort of bad criticizing a poetry collection, especially knowing how personal they can be. But I had a lot of mixed feelings about this collection.
There were some poems in this that I liked or made me feel. I thought it started really strong with the first several poems. And even on into the book, I particularly enjoyed the ones about her family members, and some in the beginning of part two.
However, some of this felt corny and politically confused. For every little bit of interesting commentary or revolutionary reference, there were three or more poems with empty liberal buzzwords/phrases that served no real end. And unfortunately, the parts that felt more trite impacted pieces that I think I could have liked alright had I seen them alone and not in context of these others.
There were some poems in this that I liked or made me feel. I thought it started really strong with the first several poems. And even on into the book, I particularly enjoyed the ones about her family members, and some in the beginning of part two.
However, some of this felt corny and politically confused. For every little bit of interesting commentary or revolutionary reference, there were three or more poems with empty liberal buzzwords/phrases that served no real end. And unfortunately, the parts that felt more trite impacted pieces that I think I could have liked alright had I seen them alone and not in context of these others.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Death of parent
Moderate: Genocide, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry
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