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eli_pharaon's review against another edition
5.0
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knicke's review against another edition
I’ll finish this at some point, but do not have the time at the moment
bickie's review against another edition
5.0
Truly a masterpiece. I read this in fits and spurts because it's so deep. I take time to think about the poems (many of them are paragraphs with no capital letters; many are best read out loud because of the rhythm, rhyme, and rap-like repetition of sounds), often journalling afterward. I don't understand many of the references, definitely none of the ones to Sylvia Wynter's work, with which I'm completely unfamiliar. I highly recommend this book; it's incredible. I think I'll be reading this again and again.
From the publisher:
In these prose poems, Gumbs channels the voices of her ancestors, including whales, coral, and oceanic bacteria, to tell stories of diaspora, indigeneity, migration, blackness, genius, mothering, grief, and harm. Tracing the origins of colonialism, genocide, and slavery as they converge in Black feminist practice, Gumbs explores the potential for the poetic and narrative undoing of the knowledge that underpins the concept of Western humanity. Throughout, she reminds us that dominant modes of being human and the oppression those modes create can be challenged, and that it is possible to make ourselves and our planet anew.
From the publisher:
In these prose poems, Gumbs channels the voices of her ancestors, including whales, coral, and oceanic bacteria, to tell stories of diaspora, indigeneity, migration, blackness, genius, mothering, grief, and harm. Tracing the origins of colonialism, genocide, and slavery as they converge in Black feminist practice, Gumbs explores the potential for the poetic and narrative undoing of the knowledge that underpins the concept of Western humanity. Throughout, she reminds us that dominant modes of being human and the oppression those modes create can be challenged, and that it is possible to make ourselves and our planet anew.
tsedi's review
5.0
lovedddd this book— i read it before creating anything, to start journal entries, as a form of prayer.
the poetry here reads the way my dreams feel, like time travel, an oceanic portal. meditating on ancestry and Blackness, i’m inspired by this piece’s ability to balance finding your past & future in natural/spiritual/non-human worlds while still learning from this life & remaining deeply human.
big rec if u appreciate experimental poetry (style has roots in jamaican dub poetry! can u hear the music as u read?) + as a resource to reimagine ourselves. it’ll be a favorite for a longggg time, if u read it we gotta chat
the poetry here reads the way my dreams feel, like time travel, an oceanic portal. meditating on ancestry and Blackness, i’m inspired by this piece’s ability to balance finding your past & future in natural/spiritual/non-human worlds while still learning from this life & remaining deeply human.
big rec if u appreciate experimental poetry (style has roots in jamaican dub poetry! can u hear the music as u read?) + as a resource to reimagine ourselves. it’ll be a favorite for a longggg time, if u read it we gotta chat
countryfilmtacos's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
This is the most beautiful book I’ve ever gotten the privledge to digest