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I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book from Netgalley and PENGUIN GROUP Dutton, Tiny Reparations Books. This has not impacted my rating and this review is voluntary. Genre: Poetry Published by: Tiny Reparations Books Publish date: 22 Aug 2023 Number of pages: 160 pages Author’s website: https://www.melanialuisa.com/ Support local! Buy the book …
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Rating: 3/5 Genre: Poetry Dear Azula, I Have a Crush on Danny Phantom is a crossover of our coming of age universes. Exploring the interplay of adolescence and media, Dear Azula is a masterclass on how Generation Z see themselves reflected on screen, how they find themselves in characters when the world does not grant …
Rating: 4-4.5/5 Genre: poetry [book 1], “shaded injustice” challenges you to find your identify places, people, and things in your life where injustice was covert or supervised. next, create your own vision for what equality, diversity, and justice look like for you. lastly, identify ways you can work to make this vision an everyday reality. …
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I received an ARC from NetGalley and Tin House Publishing. I am giving this review voluntarily. Rating: 4/5 Genre: Poetry Morgan Parker's Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night is being reprinted! This is the first collection of the author's. Her other notable works are There are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé and Magical …
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I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and Hachette Books in exchange for an honest review. I am giving this review voluntarily and all thoughts are my own. Rating: 5/5 Genre: Poetry During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, poet Nikita Gill captures, the heartache, loss, hope, and other hosts of …
Rating: 2/5 Genre: Poetry I have been a fan of Diego Perez aka Yung Pueblo's on Instagram for a couple of years now and was very excited to read this. Unfortunately, my expectations were not met. Although there are many great lessons in these pages on relationships and on one's self, the poems are redundant …
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Rating: 2/5 Genre: Poetry A collection of poems depicting motherhood and faith. Aesthetically, this book is gorgeous. The colors and the doodles could make for a beautiful coffee table book. However, the poems leave more to be desired. They are short and don't use varied sentence structure, which made for a redundant read for me …
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Rating: 4/5 Genre: Poetry Concisely arresting and challenging the beliefs of family and the fantasies of tradition, the poems in Surviving Home show that home is a place that you endure rather than a place where you are nurtured. With unyielding cadence and unparalleled sadness and warmth, Katerina Canyon contemplates the prejudice and limitations buried …
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Thank you Netgalley and University Of Iowa Press for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review. Rating: 4/5 Genre: Poetry I Always Carry My Bones is a complex ideation for many people of color and migrant peoples. Felicia Zamora explores how familial history echoes inside a person and the ghosts of lineage …
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Thank you Netgalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. This collection of poetry is stunning and powerful. There is a wide range of poems that speak to Black joy and pain, reflections of pop culture, and eloquently captures what it can be like to be a Black, …
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