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riveraanahiz's review against another edition
5.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of poems. Brown writes beautifully and comments on various hard-hitting topics such as rape, homosexuality, and race and police brutality - all of which are based on his own life experiences. He also discusses various relationships in his life: mother and son (him), father (him) and son, lovers, and infidelity.
His use of repetition, rhyme, line breaks, alliteration, and allusions were all very well done in my opinion. Each poem, however long or short, told its own story. It is clear to see why this book won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize.
His use of repetition, rhyme, line breaks, alliteration, and allusions were all very well done in my opinion. Each poem, however long or short, told its own story. It is clear to see why this book won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize.
hauntedhexgirll's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
3.5
This collection covers very important topics and has a lot of good moments and lines in it and I think it’s very good work, some of it was just not my style of poetry so some of it felt a bit off to me.
mineral9's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
therkive's review against another edition
5.0
Each poem had a striking line -- on love, on survival, on complacency, on growth -- and for that reason alone, I could not put the collection down.
trnolan's review
3.0
Different, unique and not the type of book I would normally pick up. Read as part of Philadelphia's One Book program and am excited to take part in some author events to get a better understanding of Brown.
jakekilroy's review against another edition
4.0
This collection carries with it the human experience, ranging from daydreams of love to bursts of violence. It reads thoughtful and pensive even when it comes impulsive and menacing. It paints a life, lyrically and blessedly, cherishing the social bestowments he so wonderfully enjoys, while putting weight and dissection to the magnificence and hardship of a gay black existence—and readily and heartily facing the historical manufacturing of looming white legacy and what arms of dominance that shall mean. At each step of every poem, it's abundantly clear that Brown knows what he’s doing, a balancing act that he's been training for, only seeming effortless because he's done the work—a wonder.
wanderlustlover's review against another edition
4.0
Summer 2021 (July);
I started a grand quest through a large assortment of poetry & short story collections recommended from my APSI (AP Summer Institute) for AP Literature, and this is one of the many as you will see.
A brand new piece by an author I'd not heard of yet, I found my experience with Jericho Brown's piece eye-opening and surprising. He has an amazing lyrical way with words, and I was moved toward tears during a few different pieces in this.
I started a grand quest through a large assortment of poetry & short story collections recommended from my APSI (AP Summer Institute) for AP Literature, and this is one of the many as you will see.
A brand new piece by an author I'd not heard of yet, I found my experience with Jericho Brown's piece eye-opening and surprising. He has an amazing lyrical way with words, and I was moved toward tears during a few different pieces in this.