A review by venneh
Defacing the Monument by Susan Briante

5.0

This is a complex as hell book, working in deconstruction of poetry tropes, criticism of the documentary poem and the state at large, personal grief, and how to actively resist the bullshit of the state. Susan begins by observing a court session that’s part of Operation Streamline, and builds from there. Critically complex as hell, similar to DMZ Colony in how she tackles the subject matter, and definitely one I’ll be coming back to.