poetry

Book Review: Pamela Sneed’s Funeral Diva

Pamela Sneed takes it all in and writes it back out. The danger of silence. The business of Beyoncé. The American Dream as a side hustle for businessmen. How Black Panther uses Africa as a backdrop rather than a living setting. She covers it all while harkening back to the lessons of the poets who raised her and the revolutionaries who uplifted us.

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The Case for Choosing Poetry: An Annotation of Iron Goddess of Mercy

Renn did a special review that includes some annotated portions of this book. If you’ve ever wanted to get a glimpse of how we read, or just how other folks digest their literature, check it out!

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Book Review: Tracy K. Smith’s Life on Mars

A collection of poetry as wide-ranging as the cosmos, Life on Mars is a thoughtful exploration of space, death, and the complexities of existence. … The overarching experience of the collection is that of floating through the vacuum of space, contemplating life on Earth while watching the planet turn somewhere high above or far below.

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Book Review: Border Lines: Poems of Migration

A person is a person, no matter who they are, what they look like, or where they come from; if there is one thing these 122 poems have in common, it is that they show us how border lines are no excuse for denying anyone humanity, compassion, and kinship.

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