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lattelibrarian's review
4.0
"Still we are burying women with their mouths closed.
Still we are buying women with our mouths closed.
Still we are missing."
A beautiful and eloquent book filled with poetry using both English and the Alutiiq language. This makes for flowing poems that play with structure, sound, and footnotes. Using imagery of waves and teeth, Chabitnoy creates stunning and breath-taking pieces discussing missing women, land sovereignty, and other meaningful topics in Indigenous communities.
Still we are buying women with our mouths closed.
Still we are missing."
A beautiful and eloquent book filled with poetry using both English and the Alutiiq language. This makes for flowing poems that play with structure, sound, and footnotes. Using imagery of waves and teeth, Chabitnoy creates stunning and breath-taking pieces discussing missing women, land sovereignty, and other meaningful topics in Indigenous communities.
gavitygravity's review
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
judereadsbooks's review
4.25
This book of poems felt cohesive and had several thematic motifs that appeared again in again, occasionally to their detriment but mostly to their benefit. It maintained a good balance between the accessible and the profound. If you pulled at the loose threads, double entendres would fall at your feet, gasping and pink in the face. It was very well done, but as with any anthology, some poems stuck with me longer than others. I will enjoy returning to this work and annotating up a storm.
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