A review by lo_oneill
Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism by Christopher Soto, Kwame Dawes, James Allen Hall, Rachel Zucker, Kaveh Akbar, Ellen Hagan, Amanda Johnston, Danielle Chapman, Jericho Brown, Jill McDonough, Trish Salah, Sandra Beasley, Safia Elhillo, Ada Limón, Rachel McKibbens, Joyce Peseroff, Ruth Irupé Sanabria, Karyna McGlynn, Dorothea Lasky, Kim Addonizio, Lauren Clark, Laura Theobald, Tyehimba Jess, Naomi Shihab Nye, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Ryka Aoki, Wendy Xu, Hope Wabuke, Jacqueline Jones Lamon, Anne Waldman, Elizabeth Acevedo, Monika Zobel, Jade Lascelles, Elizabeth Clark Wessel, Patricia Smith, Judith Baumel, Achy Obejas, Lauren K. Alleyne, Kimberly Johnson, Mary Ruefle, Jenny Johnson, Maureen McLane, Anastacia-Renee, Mahogany L. Browne, Stacey Waite, francine j. harris, Laura Fairgrieve, Denice Frohman

4.0

“i heard a woman becomes herself the first
time she speaks
without permission
then, every word out of her mouth a riot”

Be still my beating heart….

I know that this is a terrible place to start with a book review but I love the cover of this book, it is beautiful and one that I will be adding to my physical copy bookshelf ASAP, especially now that I know what a wonderful poetry collection this is.

With massive movements such as Times Up it could be easy to believe that feminism is alive, well and understood/supported by the majority of people, however, there are a lot of people that while they support Times Up, don’t really understand the complete need and the complexities of feminism. Which is where this gem of poetry collection comes in. It is beautiful, powerful and inspiring. It shows the incredible breadth of feminism and what women from all walks of life deal with every day.

A big thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the copy in exchange for an unbiased review.