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ceceee863's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
3.5
There were some really great poems in here. Interesting to see a writer work so closely with AI - not really sure how I feel about it. Kind of unsettling, but in a good way I think. Definitely worth the read, but will have to revisit after I’ve had time to digest.
jayisreading's review
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
This was a tough collection to read. by which, I mean that it was dense. Perhaps as one could guess from the title of the collection, money is a central theme, and Bertram thinks broadly of what money means: to pay for something and to owe someone (or be owed), its ties to capitalism, and more. Other themes appear throughout this collection, such as the role of the body in relationship to gender, race, etc., as well as technology.
Bertram experiments a lot with form, and I actually really enjoyed it most in their "World Map" poems, which were done in collaboration with the graphic designer, Yaya (Thirada) Chanawichote. Another form of experimenting—and a really fascinating one, at that—is Bertram's use of AI in some poems. It definitely raises questions about what our relationship is with technology, and I'd be curious to know what more Bertram has done with this.
Again, this was a challenging collection, but a really thought-provoking one. I'm going to have to revisit it.
Bertram experiments a lot with form, and I actually really enjoyed it most in their "World Map" poems, which were done in collaboration with the graphic designer, Yaya (Thirada) Chanawichote. Another form of experimenting—and a really fascinating one, at that—is Bertram's use of AI in some poems. It definitely raises questions about what our relationship is with technology, and I'd be curious to know what more Bertram has done with this.
Again, this was a challenging collection, but a really thought-provoking one. I'm going to have to revisit it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Death
Minor: Police brutality
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