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Beautifully written! Loved the poetry. Her words are beautiful and strong. I will definitely be reading more of her books. I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book from Netgalley.
  
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BeautyAndChaos (4 KP) rated HER. in Books

Aug 15, 2018  
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Pierre Alex Jeanty | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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Makes you think and realize how you should be viewed, treated, loved (0 more)
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Poetry about how women should be loved. (I feel it could be applied to men as well.)
  
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Katey Bassett (610 KP) rated Bloodline in Books

Dec 10, 2018  
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Loved the artistic side to this book and also felt like the poetry was really honest and raw, although I couldn't relate to some of the poems, I really liked how honest she was.
  
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
2018 | Family
Mary Poppins Returns (2018) is an exercise in Lucasian poetry #Review
George Lucas once claimed that the many repetitive instances in the Star Wars prequel trilogy were deliberate ‘poetry’, rhyming with the original trilogy and so it is with this second Mary Poppins film. Having soothed its corporate conscience with “Saving Mr Banks”, Disney returns to the works of P L Travers to produce a checkbox musical which follows the template of the first movie to a fault...

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Well, I just read this 2nd book in this poetry series in 32 minutes. I thought it was better, until the last bit (I have zero interest in politics, and I'm choosing to withhold my true opinion about that section). The format was a little better. More power to the author for making money off of this stuff. Needless to say, I will never pick up another modern poetry book that doesn't have capitalization of the author's name on the front.
  
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Gloria Steinem recommended Dark Matter in Books (curated)

 
Dark Matter
Dark Matter
Robin Morgan | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry
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Though I plan to stay off desert islands, and live to be 100, this soon-to-be published book of poetry contains my favorite lines: ‘….It’s sweetness/ that turns leaving sour, joy that makes dying hard.

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The Long Day Closes (1992)
The Long Day Closes (1992)
1992 | Drama, Family
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"The layering here of religious imagery, domesticity, sexuality, pop and classical music, mid-century cinema, and poetry into one expressive, experimental tapestry of adolescent struggle and joy moves me to no end. What a special filmmaker."

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Gloria Steinem recommended Dark Matter in Books (curated)

 
Dark Matter
Dark Matter
Robin Morgan | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Though I plan to stay off desert islands, and live to be 100, this soon-to-be published book of poetry contains my favorite lines: "….It’s sweetness/ that turns leaving sour, joy that makes dying hard.”"

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The Country Between Us
The Country Between Us
Carolyn Forche | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Another book of poetry that taught me what the form was. Forché has a beautiful sense of rhythm. I teach her famous poem ""The Colonel"" in essay and nonfiction classes. It's all about what you don't say."

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Erika (17788 KP) rated milk and honey in Books

Aug 14, 2018  
milk and honey
milk and honey
Rupi Kaur | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
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Over-hyped (0 more)
Normally, I skip past Our Shared Shelf book club picks, because they rarely interest me. I figured that I like poetry, and everyone talks about how much they love this collection, that I'd give it a try.
Thank god it only took me 30 minutes to read. I liked some of it, I felt like it started strong, but then it turned into tumblr/twitter poetry that should have one of those scenic pictures behind it. Maybe I'd be more impressed if I didn't write very similar poetry after a break up forever ago. Also, who is telling this chick that she needs to shave? How many times did it really need to be brought up? That was the nail in the coffin for me.

If I hadn't had higher expectations, I may have rated it higher but... no.