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cstefko's review
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2.5 stars
The only poem that really stands out in my memory is the title poem. Pimentel's phrasing can be very fussy and opaque. And this is a personal opinion, but I don't feel like your notes section should include quite so many "stolen" lines. I'm reading your book to hear your lines, not someone else's (this is totally different from referencing something that isn't an actual quotation). I always hate when I'm reading a book of poetry and fall in love with a line, only to read in the notes that it wasn't the poet's line at all. Anyway, this collection is definitely not for a casual poetry fan.
The only poem that really stands out in my memory is the title poem. Pimentel's phrasing can be very fussy and opaque. And this is a personal opinion, but I don't feel like your notes section should include quite so many "stolen" lines. I'm reading your book to hear your lines, not someone else's (this is totally different from referencing something that isn't an actual quotation). I always hate when I'm reading a book of poetry and fall in love with a line, only to read in the notes that it wasn't the poet's line at all. Anyway, this collection is definitely not for a casual poetry fan.
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