lulureadsalot's review
5.0
I really enjoyed this anthology of poems, and I recommend it to everyone. Works like this are so important to share, especially in the current political context. My favorite poem was Refugees, by Brian Bilston (https://brianbilston.com/2016/03/23/refugees/). It is SO powerful. The first time I read it, I felt the anger building up, and then I got to the end, and read it a second time, and it was a magical moment.
Thank you to all the poets in this book for sharing their stories, each so rich, and taken together they create a beautiful mosaic, full of nuances, full of colors, full of stories and experiences.
Thank you to all the poets in this book for sharing their stories, each so rich, and taken together they create a beautiful mosaic, full of nuances, full of colors, full of stories and experiences.
lifeinpoetry's review against another edition
5.0
I usually find it difficult to rate poetry anthologies since I often find myself skipping poems from poets that I'm not especially interested in but that wasn't an issue with this one. I read every poem, enjoyed most of them, loved more than a few, gathered a couple dozen excerpts for my blog.
Poems from those of the diaspora make me think of my own family, of home.
Poems from those of the diaspora make me think of my own family, of home.
julieh46's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
2000s's review
3.75
A pretty decent anthology. I liked discovering some new work as well as reading some that I was already familiar with, by poets who have gotten way bigger since its release. Some of the poems were a little flat to me but I guess that's to be expected when there's such a wide range of poets covered here.
pastelkerstin's review
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, and Xenophobia