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cdimario's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
A poetry book that is hard to put down as the poetry reinstates commonly understood ideas about racism, and challenges the reader by further elaborating on these not so distant issues. The title is perfect for this book and is a worthy read for anyone looking to sit down and actually listen.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty
One page contains violence against a dog but this is the only mention throughout the whole book.caramels's review against another edition
4.0
“And so at first I thought the white men / Were ghosts
one spoke my language
And said that he had spoken to my father
I did not fear them
I thought they had been
whitened by the sun / Like bones wandering
I thought I could / Help them
I thought they didn’t
Know they were dead”
one spoke my language
And said that he had spoken to my father
I did not fear them
I thought they had been
whitened by the sun / Like bones wandering
I thought I could / Help them
I thought they didn’t
Know they were dead”
circlebeing's review
challenging
informative
fast-paced
Favorite: “Asked About The Banjo Man and Its Sequels Banjo Yes Tells a Journalist Something About Himself”
nick_jenkins's review against another edition
4.0
The "Banjo Yes" poems--especially "Banjo Yes Asks a Journalist"--really stand out from a rather uneven collection.
scrow1022's review against another edition
5.0
I have yet to read a collection by Shane McCrae that didn't enrapture me with his language and haunt me with his stories. So much here that guts me - so exquisitely put together.
schnurln's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Favorites:
- "Privacy 2"
- "JIM LIMBER THE ADOPTED MULATTO SON OF JEFFERSON DAVIS INHERITS THE KINGDOM OF THE NEGRO IN AMERICA"
- "JEFFERSON DAVIS THE ADOPTIVE FATHER OF THE MULATTO JIM LIMBER DREAMS THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AS HE DREAMS HE IS ARGUING HIS CAUSE IN WASHINGTON D.C."
- "JIM LIMBER THE ADOPTED MULATTO SON OF JEFFERSON DAVIS CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE DEMANDS OF LOVE"
- "Banjo Yes Plucks an Apple from a Tree in a Park --FOR TAMIR RICE"
- "Banjo Yes Talks About Motivation"
- "Banjo Yes Asks a Journalist"
- "Jim Limber the Adopted Mulatto Son of Jefferson Davis Visits His Adoptive Parents After the War"
- "Privacy 2"
- "JIM LIMBER THE ADOPTED MULATTO SON OF JEFFERSON DAVIS INHERITS THE KINGDOM OF THE NEGRO IN AMERICA"
- "JEFFERSON DAVIS THE ADOPTIVE FATHER OF THE MULATTO JIM LIMBER DREAMS THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AS HE DREAMS HE IS ARGUING HIS CAUSE IN WASHINGTON D.C."
- "JIM LIMBER THE ADOPTED MULATTO SON OF JEFFERSON DAVIS CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE DEMANDS OF LOVE"
- "Banjo Yes Plucks an Apple from a Tree in a Park --FOR TAMIR RICE"
- "Banjo Yes Talks About Motivation"
- "Banjo Yes Asks a Journalist"
- "Jim Limber the Adopted Mulatto Son of Jefferson Davis Visits His Adoptive Parents After the War"
makealongstorycourt's review against another edition
4.0
Still processing. Some wonderful poems that are so deeply moving, some that I still need to revisit to understand the language. But am I supposed to understand the language?
Themes of assimilation, genocide, slavery, whiteness as power and culture, blackness/brownness as risk, danger, threat.
Themes of assimilation, genocide, slavery, whiteness as power and culture, blackness/brownness as risk, danger, threat.