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The Mind-Body Problem: Poems by Katha Pollitt

madmaud77's review

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funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

3.5

tinkerer's review

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2.0

Since poems have literally helped me understand and get through parts of my life, and even feel the profundity of some things before I experience them, my review is based on the fact that I didn't feel moved while reading from this collection of poems. Obviously, it will be different for different people. A few lines stood out for me, maybe five from the whole book...but maybe it tells you something I can't really recall them right now and I'm not going to look them up...oh, there was one poem about seeing the soul in many places that I mostly liked.
Personally, I feel like the poems are specific to a class experience that I am not familiar with. I'm not going to do an analysis or anything of it, though, just saying. I think that New-Yorker-type poetry isn't really raw enough for me at this point...
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