yanulya's review against another edition
4.0
So good! I'd never heard of Komunyakaa before, which seems crazy given he's won a Pulitzer. I discovered it accidentally -- it was listed on a NY Times list of 100 Notable Books of 2015, and I got very excited because I noticed a writer with my initials, which happens to be one of the categories I was stuck on in a reading challenge I've been working through w/ some friends this year (not a whole lotta "YKs" out there in the lit world, apparently). I highly recommend watching a couple videos of him reading his works out loud -- it helps lend his voice & rhythm to the writing. His poem "Facing It" is a good place to start, but any will do. His voice has been stuck in my head ever since. Very lovely -- I'll definitely be checking out more of his works.
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