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zoe_'s review
This is not the type of book I give a star rating to but there are a bunch of really good poems in here, I very much appreciate all of the thoughts and reasonings behind the collection itself, and some of the writing in here I‘ll probably return to in due time.
sweetbriar15's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
montybonty's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
emilypeartree's review
4.0
A really wonderful collection - I guess one struggle I had was how much it jumped through time and place, with no real indication of context of author bio. It felt a bit random at times. But I, like others, have so many doggy-eared pages, poems to revisit in the very near future. And I might even research some of the context on my own.
shanaetheflyest's review
5.0
An excellent collection of nature poems written by African Americans. Dungy's anthology is not what I expected from the title...I actually expected a collection of poems about the nature of blackness, not uncommon subject matter for much of the literature written by and about African Americans.
I merely rented this text for school, but I just purchased it from Amazon.com. I'm very grateful for Dungy's contribution to Black literature, we desperately needed it.
I merely rented this text for school, but I just purchased it from Amazon.com. I'm very grateful for Dungy's contribution to Black literature, we desperately needed it.
ale_ja's review
5.0
this is the first time i have read an anthology & truly believed it to b a curatorial/archival masterpiece on the editor’s part & not just a composite of works that hold their own with or without an anthology around them... amazed, grateful, wow, camille dungy is a star both as editor & poet & we r lucky