merchantivory's review
like adam,
i was the firstborn.
believe me, you never heal,
you never forget the ache in your side,
the place where something was taken away
to make another person
i was the firstborn.
believe me, you never heal,
you never forget the ache in your side,
the place where something was taken away
to make another person
rhysecakes's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.5
perhaps too relatable at times
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Death
Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Self harm
casparb's review against another edition
Okay this is my 80th book for this month !! I just noticed on Friday that this was something I could do
We are hitting DETAIL o but I like this for Louise it exists in stillness perhaps that's just memory but in Ararat there's a collective listening/looking a held moment as held breath leaks from Vermeer.
I'm absolutely down with Paradise. I'm getting whiffs of Ovid here I think Louise alludes to Echo & Narcissus which is a beautIFUL conceit for a poetry collection I'd like that to be fully developed
Partly because she's just really good but I'm amazed by how relevant Catherine Malabou is all over the place even from just the short piece I read. Destructive plasticity as I said it's a concept that demands wider familiarity. Some of my favourite work from LG on mourning communities & materialism which if I'm responsible I'll come back to
don't be afraid that's how they paraphrase
the heartbeat of the mother.
So the living slowly grow calm; it's only
the dying who can't, who refuse.
We are hitting DETAIL o but I like this for Louise it exists in stillness perhaps that's just memory but in Ararat there's a collective listening/looking a held moment as held breath leaks from Vermeer.
I'm absolutely down with Paradise. I'm getting whiffs of Ovid here I think Louise alludes to Echo & Narcissus which is a beautIFUL conceit for a poetry collection I'd like that to be fully developed
Partly because she's just really good but I'm amazed by how relevant Catherine Malabou is all over the place even from just the short piece I read. Destructive plasticity as I said it's a concept that demands wider familiarity. Some of my favourite work from LG on mourning communities & materialism which if I'm responsible I'll come back to
don't be afraid that's how they paraphrase
the heartbeat of the mother.
So the living slowly grow calm; it's only
the dying who can't, who refuse.
wcook's review against another edition
4.0
This is the book Glück believed would be her last due to its prosaic-ness. This sense permeates the collection. Telling the tale of a family in mourning, and of the quiet tragedies that happen every day - the language is stark and to the point. However, this collection contains some of Glücks most moving (if terrifyingly bleak) poems. 'Parados', 'Ararat' and 'Appearances' all stand out, but it is 'Celestial Music' that is most certainly her best in this collection.
'The love of form is a love of endings.'
'The love of form is a love of endings.'
justanothersamsmith's review against another edition
4.0
A series of beautiful and undulating meditations on family. Gorgeous.