snowmaiden's review against another edition
4.0
The beauty of these poems is in their specificity. Dumesnil has a way of making every image seem real, even when working entirely in metaphor. For instance, I loved these lines from “A Thousand Words for Goodbye”: “The person I made you out to be/ and the woman you thought I was// slow dance like holograms projected/ on the gym floor, while you and I// sit on the bleachers, arguing/ about the strangers we’ve become.” Another poem I really loved is “Tampons: A Memoir.” It consists of eight sections that show us one woman’s life history through the lens of her feminine products. Some are comic and some are tragic, but all are very memorable. All in all, this was a very good collection, and I’m glad I got a chance to read it.
railyuhreads's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this collection. My favorite piece was "Tampons: A Memoir." Really. It blew me away. It was powerful, startling, beautiful, sad, hopeful. She tells a story that is so familiar to me personally, but also so poignant and fresh. Then there is "It's not the Holy Spirit" and "Ode to October" and "The Acrobats of Pittsburgh." I put so many post-it notes on this library book that I am buying my own copy. These are poems I want to return to.
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