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mayavd's review against another edition
emotional
funny
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Sapphic social justice with astonishingly expressive imagery and a through line of Native/Latinx/Mestizo culture and soul. The author both invites you in to see her culture and ancestral lives while also firmly delineating that Native practices cannot be expressed through Western metrics.
The Manolete reference also floored me- truly masterful.
The Manolete reference also floored me- truly masterful.
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gore, Police brutality, and Colonisation
gabbygarcia's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
I am touched—I am.
This is my knee, since she touches me there.
This is my throat, as defined by her reaching.
This collection is something really special. It’s not immediately accessible, but once you peel back the layers of each poem (scrolling through the dictionary a few times…), it’s so worth the work. Some favorites of mine include “Manhattan is a Lenape Word”, “American Arithmetic”, “They Don’t Love You Like I Love You”, “The First Body Is The Water”, “exhibits from The American Water Museum”, and “Isn’t the Air Also a Body, Moving?”. Too many favorites! I love the way she writes about water, light, language, and the body. I love how she connects the poems to one another through vocabulary and metaphor. Absolutely excellent and stunning.
This is my knee, since she touches me there.
This is my throat, as defined by her reaching.
This collection is something really special. It’s not immediately accessible, but once you peel back the layers of each poem (scrolling through the dictionary a few times…), it’s so worth the work. Some favorites of mine include “Manhattan is a Lenape Word”, “American Arithmetic”, “They Don’t Love You Like I Love You”, “The First Body Is The Water”, “exhibits from The American Water Museum”, and “Isn’t the Air Also a Body, Moving?”. Too many favorites! I love the way she writes about water, light, language, and the body. I love how she connects the poems to one another through vocabulary and metaphor. Absolutely excellent and stunning.
Minor: Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation
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