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savvylit's review against another edition
4.0
Homie is a declaration of enduring and joyous love. Smith's deep compassion for their friends is a uniting theme in this structurally playful collection. Smith weaves their own identity as a Black, poz, queer, and nonbinary person through poems that capture how loving & living can be frustrating and beautiful at the same time.
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This was my second read for #transrightsreadathon 2024.
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Grief
yinflower's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Xenophobia
eldritch_horror's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Gun violence and Classism
fieldofhats's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Grief
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Classism
mistercrow's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, and Police brutality
astralfeline's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Violence, Excrement, and Outing
lilawsahar's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, and Grief
Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Transphobia, Blood, Police brutality, and Classism
therainbowshelf's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Police brutality, and Grief
yellow_star's review against another edition
3.75
There's also themes of racism, bigotry, etc. There are also the related slurs.
The nature poems are so fresh! I love the completely new to me imagery for nature.
The poverty poems are also completely relatable.
I'm not a huge fan of poems that jump all over the place like a lot of modern literary poetry does, but each poem is usually about some topic and mostly continues the same conversation. There's still a little bit of chaotic unrelated subject changes but very little.
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, and Slavery
rlgreen91's review against another edition
5.0
Revisiting "fall poem" on this Sunday October evening is the best way to cap off this collection. I'm already looked forward to the next thing I read by Smith. 5 stars.
Graphic: Cursing and Racial slurs
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, and Grief
Minor: Medical content and Death of parent