maya_irl's review against another edition
4.0
"There's the wide vermilion sky that cradled us before birth, and the sun pours its golden sap to preserve me like His precious insect."
rdoose's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars
Favorites: "At the Sound of the Gunshot, Leave a Message;" "Elegy for a Rain Salesman;" "Who the Meek are Not;" "Easter at Al Qaeda Bodega"
Favorites: "At the Sound of the Gunshot, Leave a Message;" "Elegy for a Rain Salesman;" "Who the Meek are Not;" "Easter at Al Qaeda Bodega"
booksugarhigh's review
3.75
He loved his women drugged enough to pin like bugs, and found one starved:
picture a death's head in a velvet cape, the only one he didn't kill, since she came dead already.
I’ve never read religious poetry before so this was quite a ride ! The way everything was described was so beautiful and holy.
h2oetry's review against another edition
4.0
Despite the "Welcome" in the title, I was expecting more strictly religious poems in the collection. So I was pleased that there were few of them, and they weren't overtly evangelizing. She ends the collection with an essay on her so-called unlikely faith after her upbringing and years of atheism, which is a good read, and answered many of the questions I had. I still like her memoirs better than her poetry, but she is very talented on both fronts.