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wmmcmanlypants's review
4.0
3.5* Some great poems in here surrounded by other poems that aren't bad, but they're just "good". Favorite was "When I Tell My Father I Might Begin To Pray Again".
yukti_k's review
5.0
Leila has a way of making everything flow. The imagery in her poems is always visceral yet not unnatural. As always, I thoroughly enjoyed her poetry.
gabbygarcia's review
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Islamophobia
laurelinwonder's review
5.0
If you read any poetry published this year, make this the top of the pile. I cannot remember the last poetry collection that pulled me and made me think the way that this one has. It's short, but packs a punch.
snowmaiden's review
5.0
These are amazing poems of identity that straddle the gulf between two very different cultures. Chatti may be a young poet, but these are mature poems, crafted with much care, and they reward patient reading and rereading. I think my favorite poem in the collection is "Motherland," which you can read in its entirety here: http://therumpus.net/2017/01/the-rumpus-inaugural-poems-january-7-2017-leila-chatti/.