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divineblkpearl's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
No shaming here—His book 'The Tradition' is a 2019 poetry collection that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. His poems certainly carry a certain weight, they have body to them. Which works because the poet pens about his body often. He writes of Black bodies touched with tender care by lovers and violated by those who are predators and those who do harm.
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Poems like 'Bullets Points' point to the ever exhausting relationship Black people have to the police and being over policed here in America. The Duplex poems all share themes of love, lust, wholeness and being in repair. Jericho Brown, y'all. This is the necessary poetry book that I'm not sure we deserve but he gave it us anyway. Superb collection. I'm reading on my kindle but I just bought a physical copy and I'm looking up his other poetry collection now.
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Also? This beautiful artwork on the cover by L. Ralphi Burges. A striking image that quietly kept looking at me, taking up space in my subconscious . It even made it into one of my dreams. And for someone who often doesn't remember most of my dreams, this was a really poetic thing. Note: The Tradition won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, making Jericho Brown the first black gay man to receive that award in its 98-year history.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Hate crime and Police brutality
Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, and Mass/school shootings
whatizontheshelf's review
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism, Rape, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings