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From the Belly of My Beauty: Poems by Esther G. Belin

easyintheory's review

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dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book fundamentally shifted something within me. I’ve never felt so seen as a mixed-indigenous who grew up in urban California rather than Dinétah. Truly nízhóní, beautiful.

kellylynnthomas's review

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4.0

This collection made me cringe, but not because it's bad poetry. It's really, really good poetry. It just made feel sort of awful for all the horrible things white people have done to American Indians. And no, I am not personally responsible, and I don't think Belin is trying to make me feel bad. She's telling her own story in a raw, honest voice, and it stings a little. But that's a good thing. It's good to be reminded of these things.
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