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A review by papercraftalex
Revenge Body by Rachel Wiley
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Rachel Wiley is an artist with words. Her poetry was so unbelievably vivid; she created pictures with literary devices. Revenge Body explores a lot of different topics like fatness, race, family, abuse, and grief but the poems still flowed together well because Wiley has such a unique and strong voice. This is a wonderful poetry collection for every one who has been called an angry fat feminist and now holds that as a sign of power.
My favorite line from this collection was:
My favorite line from this collection was:
"My little girl heart with its stitched lace edges spent a fortune in waxy birthday wishes hoping to one day thrill my mother with my ability to magic myself steadily upright after one of her severings."
I was given a free copy in exchange for an honest review.