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sbox's review
5.0
Wow. I'd never read poetry like this before, and as I made my way through Sad Little Breathing Machine I was constantly amazed by Harvey's creativity with form, grammar, and language. Really fun to read!
laurelinwonder's review
4.0
This second Matthea Harvey collection, is also the second collection I have read by her. In Sad Little Breathing Machine, Harvey explores the strange and intricate mechanics of human systems, and the inexorable intricacies of the body and language. The is often described as an engine in this collection, and in the same way as wr are propelled forward in space, so are we in Harvey's play with language.
Some reviewers find the language to be foreign, but that seems to me to be the point, that as in life, language is difficult. Sometimes we have no idea what language is or does, and then something will catch. There are many of those catching moments in these pages, some that just made me stop to mull over for a while. A wonderful second read from Harvey, and I know I will be visiting more of her work soon.
Some reviewers find the language to be foreign, but that seems to me to be the point, that as in life, language is difficult. Sometimes we have no idea what language is or does, and then something will catch. There are many of those catching moments in these pages, some that just made me stop to mull over for a while. A wonderful second read from Harvey, and I know I will be visiting more of her work soon.
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