emilylandry's review against another edition
5.0
Sharon Olds, where have you been all my life?! Oh, right: On my bookshelf.
I loved these poems just as much as I loved Satan Says when I first started reading her 10 years ago (oh jezischrist I feel old).
I loved these poems just as much as I loved Satan Says when I first started reading her 10 years ago (oh jezischrist I feel old).
unabridgedchick's review against another edition
4.0
Honestly, I'm not super discerning when it comes to poetry, so I was pretty enthralled by this volume, which is very blunt, visceral, confessional, and intimate. However, when I read Anis Shivani's piece in the Huffington Post on overrated writers, I definitely laughed at: "Childbirth, her father's penis, her son's cock, and her daughter's vagina are repeated obsessions she can always count on in a pinch. Has given confessionalism such a bad name it can't possibly recover." Kind of true, only I feel a lot less hostile about it.
kfan's review against another edition
2.0
Poems about the human body and the fluids it's comprised of and the horrible things that happen to it. Feels like it was cathartic for the author to write; it sounds like she's had some tough times and it's important to bear witness to those moments, but I prefer poetry that looks up, not down.
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