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aceinit's review against another edition
3.0
An uneven collection, to me. There were some poems where everything was beautiful or powerful or quirky, and there is some truly brilliant writing in here. My personal favorites were "Dial X for Girl" and "Manifest Destiny (Great American Novel Remix)."
But there were others where I either never found the rhythm, or the message or saw the point. The list-poems, in particular, lacked impact. Lists of names or objects, or entries made entirely from names of horror movies. To me, these read almost like grocery lists, rather than anything with meaningful impact, and their recurrence too away from my overall enjoyment.
But there were others where I either never found the rhythm, or the message or saw the point. The list-poems, in particular, lacked impact. Lists of names or objects, or entries made entirely from names of horror movies. To me, these read almost like grocery lists, rather than anything with meaningful impact, and their recurrence too away from my overall enjoyment.
nkmustdie's review against another edition
4.0
name that tune
i knew it was over
pornography
manifest destiny (great american novel remix)
looking for the area code for bali on the day of the dead
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i knew it was over
pornography
manifest destiny (great american novel remix)
looking for the area code for bali on the day of the dead
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fiercefully's review against another edition
One of Daphne Gottlieb's most solid works.
brandysith's review against another edition
4.0
I bought and read two of Daphne Gottlieb's books last year because I simply couldn't get enough of her writing. Her poetry, the prose. It's all brilliant and raw. And in this particular collection, poems about the final girl, the last woman standing, there were two poems that actually scared me and I had to skip over them.
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