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nilocennis's review against another edition
2.0
I just didn't feel like the format fit the words. I don't think it accomplishes what it set out to do. I wish it gave me more to say, but I left it feeling lack.
chikagi's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
3.0
These poems both romanticize and the explore the author's feelings of disenchantment following the 2011 Occupy Movement.
"It's All Fucked, It's All Good" resonated the strongest for me, asking questions about what kept some people from joining the movement, defending the messier aspects of revolution and the even messier people who participate, and wondering what happens when we all go home, for those of us who get to go home. The author acknowledges her privilege compared to those she's protesting with, but she was there, and she was an ally, which is more than many people can say.
Overall, I didn't connect with most of the poems, but I enjoyed the author's honest reflection of how it felt to protest and to love your fellow protestors, with glimpses of Oakland, CA throughout. "We fought because we became through fight. And because we don't agree and because we cared with an intensity."
"It's All Fucked, It's All Good" resonated the strongest for me, asking questions about what kept some people from joining the movement, defending the messier aspects of revolution and the even messier people who participate, and wondering what happens when we all go home, for those of us who get to go home. The author acknowledges her privilege compared to those she's protesting with, but she was there, and she was an ally, which is more than many people can say.
Overall, I didn't connect with most of the poems, but I enjoyed the author's honest reflection of how it felt to protest and to love your fellow protestors, with glimpses of Oakland, CA throughout. "We fought because we became through fight. And because we don't agree and because we cared with an intensity."
emquartz15's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
This is a great book. I’m in awe at how Spahr can write so logically yet so emotionally at the same time (this sounds weird but if you read it, you’ll understand).
beepbeepbooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
difficult necessary poems
audreymetcalf's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
pilesandpiles's review against another edition
2.0
I couldn't get into the privileged-person-romanticizing-Occupy-Wall-Street thing. And she does this literally, rendering OWS a lover.
kell_xavi's review against another edition
I picked this book up when it was assigned to a class in experimental feminist literature at my university, though I had no intention of taking the course. While each poem is dense, perhaps partial on its own, but perhaps also too many in its parts, the overall effect is politically and aesthetically strong.