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temegill's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
Bu the far best poetry collection I have ever read.
The only flaws may be with the medium of a poetry anthology and not with the specific collection. There generally just not for me. Thought this ... this was fucking amazing cunt. I would say, however, that part 1 felt a lot better than part 2, maybe it did slow down a tad.
It traverses a broad scope? Idk, but it explores a lot of things creating a text that fits the title.
Beautiful, destruction, constructive.
Fucking fabulous mate
Will return to the book again, with a pen and much more time.
A strong 4
The only flaws may be with the medium of a poetry anthology and not with the specific collection. There generally just not for me. Thought this ... this was fucking amazing cunt. I would say, however, that part 1 felt a lot better than part 2, maybe it did slow down a tad.
It traverses a broad scope? Idk, but it explores a lot of things creating a text that fits the title.
Beautiful, destruction, constructive.
Fucking fabulous mate
Will return to the book again, with a pen and much more time.
A strong 4
purstiltski's review
4.0
I'm simply amazed by the feeling of empathy in this book of poems. I can't tell anymore where Rich's empathy ends and mine begins, where our humanity has converged or diverged.
louisejulig's review
I am poetry challenged to begin with , and this is a dense collection. I was just moving my eyes across the words instead of reading, so decided to give it up.
galengreen's review
5.0
Jewish lesbian feminist icon. “A patriot is not a weapon. A patriot is one who wrestles for the soul of her country.” My favorites were: dedications, Eastern War Time, Tattered Kaddish, For a Friend in Travail, Darklight, and Final Notations.
lizshine74's review
5.0
An Atlas of the Difficult World1> delivers, as Rich's collections always do. Reading her work must be ennobling; It feels as though it must. Even though so much here eluded me in the moment (i.e. I didn't "understand")--it is the lines that strike an immediate chord, then the reflection on the work as a whole that allow me to say I understood and was moved. To me, this collection seems to be a case for art, though it is difficult and there is so much suffering already. Art is better than memory for remembering. One line that cut right through: "because no one understood all picnics are eaten on the grave?"