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    The way back

    The way back

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    "The Way Back" is one of the few collections of poetry to have been translated into English from The...

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Ta-Nehisi Coates recommended The Country Between Us in Books (curated)

 
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 (17789 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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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.