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A review by hallizalli
Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism by Cynthia Dewi Oka, Joyce Peseroff, Laura Fairgrieve, Wendy Xu, Maureen McLane, Jill McDonough, Lauren Clark, Lauren K. Alleyne, Ada Limón, Stacey Waite, Laura Theobald, Denice Frohman, Achy Obejas, Jericho Brown, Sandra Beasley, Rachel Zucker, Tyehimba Jess, Anastacia-Renee, Jade Lascelles, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Ellen Hagan, Dorothea Lasky, Judith Baumel, Kimberly Johnson, Jacqueline Jones Lamon, Mahogany L. Browne, Amanda Johnston, Hope Wabuke, Kim Addonizio, Safia Elhillo, Naomi Shihab Nye, francine j. harris, Patricia Smith, Anne Waldman, Kwame Dawes, Monika Zobel, Jenny Johnson, Rachel McKibbens, Ryka Aoki, Ruth Irupé Sanabria, Elizabeth Clark Wessel, Danielle Chapman, James Allen Hall, Elizabeth Acevedo, Christopher Soto, Karyna McGlynn, Mary Ruefle, Kaveh Akbar, Trish Salah
4.0
This poetry collection caught my eye at my favorite local used/indie bookstore, Toadvine Books. I read the first poem in the store and decided to buy the book. That poem* was my favorite in the collection. These were my favorites from each section:
Section I:
* “a woman’s place” by Denice Frohman
Section II:
Zihour by Safia Elhillo
Section III:
A Woman and Her Job by Elizabeth Clark Wessel
January, After El Niño by Ryka Aoki
Section IV:
Shiv by Rachel McKibbens
Madame X—
By Lauren K. Alleyne
Section I:
* “a woman’s place” by Denice Frohman
Section II:
Zihour by Safia Elhillo
Section III:
A Woman and Her Job by Elizabeth Clark Wessel
January, After El Niño by Ryka Aoki
Section IV:
Shiv by Rachel McKibbens
Madame X—
By Lauren K. Alleyne