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rampaginglibrarian's review
5.0
I can’t find the words for how much I love this book. They tease me from the edge of my consciousness but will not be grasped.
Sloan speaks for people and places I cannot claim but there is so much in what she writes that speak to me and spark my own recollections and otherness. Her words make me feel, they make my mind sing, they make my heart ache. They make me miss what I once had and what I didn’t.
I only wish I could express place as well as she.
Sloan speaks for people and places I cannot claim but there is so much in what she writes that speak to me and spark my own recollections and otherness. Her words make me feel, they make my mind sing, they make my heart ache. They make me miss what I once had and what I didn’t.
I only wish I could express place as well as she.
erin_napkin's review
5.0
Incredible. I love books that play with structure (the text and the white spaces of the book). The author is very funny and this book asks a lot of questions. A fair amount of this book is How the author, who is queer and black, interacts with spaces primarily in Alaska, but also Tucson and a bit of Boston.
rleibrock's review
5.0
Stunning and innovative essay on the intersection between self, nature, locale, and art.
reads2cope's review against another edition
4.5
“I feel all of my ages now, imagining those selves walking or biking along the water’s edge.”
Beautiful and strange! I loved the strong visuals and emotions evoked by Aisha Sabatini Sloan‘s writing, especially the scenery of Alaska and the paintings other artistic works referenced. It was a thrill to read about them and then search them up to see if they brought out a similar feeling in me.
Beautiful and strange! I loved the strong visuals and emotions evoked by Aisha Sabatini Sloan‘s writing, especially the scenery of Alaska and the paintings other artistic works referenced. It was a thrill to read about them and then search them up to see if they brought out a similar feeling in me.