skersh68's review against another edition
3.0
I give this a 3 out of 5 stars. Breadfruit is considered a chapbook which is a short (10–30 poems) collection of poems with a uniform principle, theme, question, or experience. A chapbook can be a site for a poet's obsessions. It can be their calling card, connect them with others, grant them legitimacy, and even serve as a stepping stone to a full-length collection. (Which she has now completed) Although I had to look up a lot of the things and the places that were mentioned I still enjoyed reading several of them. Malika was a writer in residence at Hampton Court Palace in 2004 which is where I assumed she gained some of her inspiration for the pamphlet of poems. If I had to choose my favorite from the collection it would be...Letting Go...The Maze...The Angel of the Labyrinth and Clasped.
jherane's review
3.0
This is nice, but her later collection, Pepper Seed, is much better. Read that one instead, or read this before Pepper Seed.
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