Reviews

Why Storms are Named After People and Bullets Remain Nameless by Tanaya Winder

annebennett1957's review

4.0

Very impactful poems especially those about Native's experience with the government.

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jolynne's review

5.0

“For any heart that has survived a storm or bullet may you mosaic back together the pieces & embrace the healing that was (and is) always yours.”

gitli57's review against another edition

emotional reflective

3.0

There are enough moving passages here, filled with honest emotion and insight, that this collection will stay on my shelves and I may revisit it at some point. But for me, this veers off too frequently into the kind of sentimentality that might be more suited to a new age motivational workshop or even a greeting card. Of course, if you are into that, this might become one of your favorite poetry books. Check it out for yourself

rahthesungod's review

4.0

Magical. Beautiful.

foolishwit13's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Violence

witbeyndmehsure's review against another edition

4.0

This is a candid collection of poems by the author. I appreciated the author bringing up issues that impact the Native community. I’ve been trying to read more Native narratives because theirs is not a voice that is present in my immediate community (mostly Black & Latinx folks). This is definitely worthy the read. The author utilizes a lot of fire imagery which I found powerful. My favorite poems were “like any good Indian woman” and “for girls and women on Fire”

sheonlywantsmybooks's review against another edition

4.0

Beautiful poetry. You should check it out :)