Reviews

Tender by Toi Derricotte

choirqueer's review against another edition

5.0

I was excited to find this assigned for a poetry class I took this semester, after having read the author's memoir The Black Notebooks just a few months ago. Stunning work on every level.

2000s's review against another edition

3.5

Really lyrical collection, definitely very vibey. It didn’t feel precise enough for me, but I still appreciated her tapping so deeply into the emotions and atmosphere of these poems.