galengreen's review
5.0
Jewish lesbian feminist icon. “A patriot is not a weapon. A patriot is one who wrestles for the soul of her country.” My favorites were: dedications, Eastern War Time, Tattered Kaddish, For a Friend in Travail, Darklight, and Final Notations.
lizshine74's review
5.0
An Atlas of the Difficult World1> delivers, as Rich's collections always do. Reading her work must be ennobling; It feels as though it must. Even though so much here eluded me in the moment (i.e. I didn't "understand")--it is the lines that strike an immediate chord, then the reflection on the work as a whole that allow me to say I understood and was moved. To me, this collection seems to be a case for art, though it is difficult and there is so much suffering already. Art is better than memory for remembering. One line that cut right through: "because no one understood all picnics are eaten on the grave?"
sexyyratboy's review
4.0
“i know you are reading this poem because there is nothing else / left to read / there where you have landed, stripped as you are”
notyep's review
4.0
“i know you are reading this poem because there is nothing else / left to read / there where you have landed, stripped as you are”