A Piece of Good News
Poems

This book presented a few poems which touched me in a special way, but it mostly held poems which I could not make any meaning out of no matter how I looked at them. Overall glad I read it for the ones which stood out. Maybe if I pick it back up down the road it’ll make more sense to me. Some of my......more

For me, this was uneven—some good stuff, but also a lot that just failed to grip me. Disappointed, based on the hype surrounding this volume. I liked The Photographer, New Parable, and Autobiographical Fragment quite a lot though.......more

Honestly? Pretty forgettable on all levels: form, content, language. The experiences articulated literally did not feel specific or interesting and the metaphorical and political links seemed like broad and vague reaches. A few good lines (And if a god said this, remember: I am using my own / mouth......more

Katie's lovely. I think this book may suffer a little bit from the curse of meaning more to those who actually know the speaker, but I'm not entirely sure if that's a curse. It feels intimate in all the right ways and was thoroughly charming to read. I'm still thinking of "The Massachusett's Book of......more

To be honest, I usually am not the biggest fan of poetry, but this book made me reconsider that! I really enjoyed the poems in this collection, especially "Filibuster to Delay the Spring" and "Self-Help". I think I might venture into poetry collections a bit more often now :) I definitely recommend......more