Devil's Lake

"Often, when readers encounter a book addressing queer themes, it revolves around the pursuit of love, or the rejection queer people face from friends or family. But, what about the daily violence queer communities endure? What about the microaggressions, the threats of erasure, the drama, and the s......more

I'm not sure how to rate this book. It really did nothing for me, but it also was not bad. I picked this book up on a whim because I absolutely love poetry and find it (most of the time) very inspiring! The description also said that this book contained 'queering science', which was extremely intrig......more

I really enjoyed this poetry collection. Full transparency, I'm a poetry snob and super picky about poetry I read. Going into "Devil's Lake" I knew nothing and didn't know what to expect but what I got was so much more than what I could have expected. Sala does an amazing job composing complex, stor......more

2/5 stars.......more

This is a book of poems: poems I understood, peoms I didn't, poems that made me give a strange look and poems that made me stare at a wall. Rating this book was difficult because I have mixed feelings. On the surface, I can't see any change this book did to me. But deep down, I know it's activated a......more