laura_sackton's reviews
114 reviews

I really appreciated this book. It's about continuing. It's about showing up after you mess up. I can see how it won't be for everyone, but I dug the way Kern wrote a flawed protagonist who never becomes a hero at all, who just keeps going.

Really enjoyed this. The way she writes about poetry is brilliant. Sharp and wise and curious and mysterious and earnest and searching.

Not a style of poetry that works for me.
Very statement-heavy. Does not make me feel any kind of language-joy.
This kind of poetry is for some people though, so it might be for you!

So sharp.
Not for me.
Did not care about these people or find them interesting.
I am just not in the mood for books that aren't earnest.

Adored. Loved.
Everything I crave in queer fiction.
Quiet, beautiful, full of history and memory, complicated characters.
Love.

Could not get into this at all.
Did not get me in the heart at all.
Didn't love the audiobook narrator. Wasn't in the mood?

Wow, this was so boring, I literally finished it a few hours ago and can't remember a thing about it. Just not my scene.

Loved the mix of styles and all the different kinds of intimacy explored!

I have been reading so much Mary Oliver this year, and this collection just wrecked me for some reason.

I just read three books of Carl Phillips essays basically in a row. This is my second favorite.