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lammycore's review
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Everyone should read this book rn. No matter who you are
rubybooks's review
emotional
fast-paced
4.0
This is a collection of poetry by Two Spirit authors that I read for my Native American literature class. As with most poetry collections, I didn't love every single poem, but I really enjoyed the collection as a whole. I especially loved Qwo-Li Driskill's poems!
laurareads87's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
A beautiful, diverse collection loosely organized around a few broad themes with an informative introduction. I thoroughly enjoyed Sovereign Erotics. Much of the collection is poetry -- I don't know much about poetry and don't feel like I necessarily have the vocabulary to review poetry very well, but I appreciated these poems. I've bookmarked several to revisit later. I most enjoyed the short fiction -- short stories and a novel excerpt -- and now have several books on my 'to read' list by authors whose work I've first encountered in this collection.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Grief, and Homophobia
Moderate: Violence, Racism, Genocide, and Cultural appropriation
isabelmabel49's review
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
This collection ranges from short poems to multi-short stories. They introduce the reader to the complexity of Indigenous lives in North America--the ugly, the beautiful, the devastating, the enriching, etc. Not all will be to your tastes, but overall the book will give a more encompassing understanding of Indigeneity and queerness (and the intersections between the two). Slow-paced only because it is a book you can read in stints, entry by entry; there's not overarching plot you will need to follow.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Genocide, Grief, Racism, Transphobia, and Violence
emmah45's review
5.0
There are some really stunning stories and poems in here, and I read this book so much faster than I thought I would. There is so much nuance and complexity in each entry and I know I will becoming back to this book later in life because there is still so much to uncover and learn. Such an important book!
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