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A review by kp_writ
Places I've Taken My Body: Essays by Molly McCully Brown
4.25
Took 4 pages of notes from my highlights - so many amazing quotes and beautiful prose. Reading this made me want to return to my poetry practice, and I devoured it in one sitting.
That said, there were many chapters where I didn't highlight a single thing. I think this is partly to do with the repetition, but it is largely because the intended audience felt different across some essays - I wish Brown engaged more with her disabled readers and challenged her internalized ableism more (though that's a hard task to ask of an author you don't know). I'm not sure the organization worked well, and I wish some of the pieces were edited to flow more with each other.
I will definitely be reading Brown's other work.
That said, there were many chapters where I didn't highlight a single thing. I think this is partly to do with the repetition, but it is largely because the intended audience felt different across some essays - I wish Brown engaged more with her disabled readers and challenged her internalized ableism more (though that's a hard task to ask of an author you don't know). I'm not sure the organization worked well, and I wish some of the pieces were edited to flow more with each other.
I will definitely be reading Brown's other work.