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Blanco has presented us with an utterly breathtaking read. How to Love a Country is less of a how-to and more of a question: can we look at corruption and horror in the eyes and still choose kindness? Can we still have hope?

In the most authentic way possible, the presidential inaugural poet argues yes. And once I turned that last page, I was 100% persuaded.

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

These poems are gorgeous, heartbreaking, thought-provoking. I can't wait to share this book with everyone.

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emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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4.0

Mix of personal and contemporary, civic minded poems. Descriptions of life and politics: the Wall, Rio Grande, shootings. Our society’s corruption of life and nature. The opening poem, Declaration of Inter-Dependence portrays a bleak landscape but left me with a positive view of the future. Throughout the collection, Blanco presents some dark moments from the past several years but gives an underlying message of hope, stressing our connections to one another.

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5.0

Wowowow I was BLOWN. AWAY. by this collection. Should be prescribed reading for American citizens, though also global citizens too, encouraging us to grapple with the complicated relationships we have with the nations we call home. One I’ll likely revisit again and again.

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