girlgotnoidentity's review against another edition
4.0
[a:Alex Dimitrov|6429421|Alex Dimitrov|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442341621p2/6429421.jpg] makes me feel alive again. But he also makes me question my existence all at the same time. I'm in love with his words.
elianachow's review against another edition
3.0
Poems of this form befuddle me in both the reading and the making. How does one differentiate between “good” poems and “bad” poems in this form—fragmented and sprawling and collaged? Where cadence and sonic value seem to lack, how does meaning itself rise to the occasion and take over through initially disjointed image, metaphor, introspection? How do we measure a poem?
I would also appreciate assistance in understanding a certain choice of punctuation throughout the entire collection that never allowed me, as reader, to fully settle into a line. I kept being interrupted, perhaps even annoyed, reminded that I was reading a poem. I was made so very aware of my stuttering readership, staccato blinks over the words. And I’m not sure how I feel about it.
Nonetheless, so many of these poems held me spellbound in their wake, especially in the first section. Best read aloud, I think.
“I almost believed love then someone new called me / and time’s been repeating…” (from ‘Cocaine’)
I would also appreciate assistance in understanding a certain choice of punctuation throughout the entire collection that never allowed me, as reader, to fully settle into a line. I kept being interrupted, perhaps even annoyed, reminded that I was reading a poem. I was made so very aware of my stuttering readership, staccato blinks over the words. And I’m not sure how I feel about it.
Nonetheless, so many of these poems held me spellbound in their wake, especially in the first section. Best read aloud, I think.
“I almost believed love then someone new called me / and time’s been repeating…” (from ‘Cocaine’)
mjessie's review against another edition
3.0
A little associative for my personal taste, I appreciate the tone throughout and the kind of ethereal, city wanderings in here. Felt like a modern Frank O'Hara with a John Ashbery sensibility for meandering thoughts and sentences. Beautiful throughout.
sam8834's review against another edition
4.0
I love Dimitrov's work and have been sort of stalking him through lit journals, waiting for his second collection to come out. Such a great contemporary storyteller and philosopher - he tells very personal stories about his life, but ties in observations about the world on a grander scale. A great follow-up to Begging For It.
awood5's review against another edition
5.0
Read this slowly. Had been looking for a hard for months after reading Alex’s work online and discovering his twitter presence.
rolibrary's review against another edition
3.0
favourites: you were blond once, the 13th month and chance visitors