A review by woodlandbooklover
American Purgatory by Rebecca Gayle Howell

4.0

 It is a book you almost need to finish in one sitting. It's hard to have a narrative collection of poetry that develops characters and story because if one poem is taken out of context of the collection, they can be disorienting or ungrounded. The poems in this collection carry enough emotional energy and atmospheric currency though that even out of context, there is much to experience and been unsettled by. And of course, IN context, it is all so disquieting. Powerful collection.