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steffi_lag's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
slacka's review against another edition
I enjoyed this! Very grounded, considerate and humble account of living with cerebral palsy.
No rating as this felt too intimate and personal, but would recommend!
No rating as this felt too intimate and personal, but would recommend!
lottie1803's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
multicraftual's review against another edition
4.0
The essays in this book were impactful and well done. It was interesting to read the section that gave a look behind the scenes at Brown's previous poetry collection. I also appreciated how raw and honest Brown is in her writing. Will recommend to friends in the future.
amampersand's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
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4.5
madisnowg's review against another edition
4.0
in this collection of essays, brown writes more than once about representation, about the profound experience of seeing herself in the writing of others, and the importance of writing the kind of thing other disabled people can recognize themselves in.
i read her essay “calling long distance,” included in this collection, in my dorm room in the spring of 2019. i was in a raw time of my life — for the first time, it was occurring to me that the sunk-in-my-bones feeling of what i now know as disability was shared by other people. i was nervous to use the word “disabled,” thinking maybe it didn’t apply to me. the way brown described being in pain at a party bit right at my heart. i could’ve written the words i was reading. it wasn’t the only data point i was working off of, but reading that essay pushed me over the edge towards knowing i was disabled, too.
similarly, this collection found me at a time in my life where i needed the author’s honest clarity about being alive in a different body. i have so much gratitude for her work, and i can’t wait to return to this again throughout my life.
i read her essay “calling long distance,” included in this collection, in my dorm room in the spring of 2019. i was in a raw time of my life — for the first time, it was occurring to me that the sunk-in-my-bones feeling of what i now know as disability was shared by other people. i was nervous to use the word “disabled,” thinking maybe it didn’t apply to me. the way brown described being in pain at a party bit right at my heart. i could’ve written the words i was reading. it wasn’t the only data point i was working off of, but reading that essay pushed me over the edge towards knowing i was disabled, too.
similarly, this collection found me at a time in my life where i needed the author’s honest clarity about being alive in a different body. i have so much gratitude for her work, and i can’t wait to return to this again throughout my life.
heidihaverkamp's review against another edition
5.0
Not only does Brown write candidly and beautifully about her life in her body, but about her tentative spiritual journey and becoming a Catholic, not only because of her father's New Orleans roots but her own longing for mystery and transcendence.