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valeriesolanas rated Riprap And Cold Mountain Poems: 4 stars

Gary Snyder: Riprap And Cold Mountain Poems (2010, Counterpoint LLC, Counterpoint)

Riprap And Cold Mountain Poems by Gary Snyder

valeriesolanas rated The prince and the dressmaker: 3 stars

Jen Wang: The prince and the dressmaker (2018)

The prince and the dressmaker by Jen Wang

Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too …

valeriesolanas rated High Desert: 4 stars

James Spooner: High Desert (2022, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)

High Desert by James Spooner

valeriesolanas rated Reading the Room: 4 stars

Paul Yamazaki: Reading the Room (Paperback, 2024, Ode Books)

Reading the Room by Paul Yamazaki

valeriesolanas rated To remember Spain: 4 stars

Murray Bookchin: To remember Spain (Paperback, 1994, AK Press)

To remember Spain by Murray Bookchin

valeriesolanas rated Postcolonial Love Poem: 4 stars

Natalie Diaz: Postcolonial Love Poem (Paperback, Graywolf Press)

Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz

Postcolonial Love Poem is an anthem of desire against erasure. Natalie Diaz’s brilliant second collection demands that every body carried …

valeriesolanas reviewed Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Matthew Desmond: Poverty, by America (2023, Crown Publishing Group, The)

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3 stars

While the analysis is good, I did not care much for Desmond’s reformist conclusions. The aspects he describes here are a feature of capitalism, which is a system based on the hierarchical oppression of others.

valeriesolanas rated Third Person: 5 stars

Emma Grove: Third Person (2022, Drawn & Quarterly Publications, Drawn and Quarterly)

Third Person by Emma Grove

valeriesolanas rated You Are Here: 3 stars

Ada Limón: You Are Here (2024, Milkweed Editions)

You Are Here by Ada Limón

valeriesolanas rated Second Hand Love: 4 stars

No cover — Yamada Murasaki: Second Hand Love (2024, Drawn & Quarterly Publications)

Second Hand Love by Yamada Murasaki

valeriesolanas reviewed Compression & Purity by Will Alexander - undifferentiated (City lights spotlight -- no. 5)

Will Alexander - undifferentiated: Compression & Purity (Paperback, City Lights Books, Distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution)

Poems.

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4 stars

These poems are so cryptic that I truly have no idea if I understood any of them. I will need to revisit this and see if I can pick up anything that I may have missed.