An absolutely gorgeous collection of poetry and short stories that focus on gender, not fitting in a given space, and riffs on fairy tales, and also plays with form for fun while she’s at it. I’m definitely interested in reading more from her, and while it took a while to read, it was always a joy to read when I opened it up.

Wow. Simply phenomenal.

I'm familiar with Hoffman's work, having read one of her earlier novels. I did not realize that she has such a range of talents, including some incredible poetry in this collection (most of which was probably too smart for me!). This collection of short stories, novellas, and poems are centered around the theme of death, descent into an underworld, and resurrection. I had some favorites, including a strange fairy tale featuring a polyamorous otter, a strange story about a piano accompanist, a rusalka tale, and finally my fav favorite, a co-authored story titled "I Sing Against the Silent Sun."

This collection reminds me that I need to go back and read all of the Ada Hoffman that I can find!

Ada Hoffman can't do anything wrong in my book and this an intriguing and fascinating anthology of short stories and poems.
It could be a good way to get to know her or a must read if you love her
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Oof, this is a difficult collection for me to rate because I had such a range of reactions. I think Hoffmann's imagination and writing talent are on full display throughout, but there is a huge variety in the tone and feeling of the stories and poems that are included. I did get a sense of how the stories had been arranged into sections, although perhaps unfortunately this put most of my least favorite pieces toward the beginning. The first section in particular was quite dark and often quite experimental, which tended to go over my head. As the book progressed, I found myself enjoying more and more of both the stories and poems. I really adored "I Sing Against the Silent Sun" (co-written with Merc Fenn Wolfmoor), and would also include "Research Lab Electricity Usage Timesheet Reporting" and "The Scrape of Teeth and Bone" among my favorites.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an eARC.

I really enjoyed the idea from Resurrections, it was a great anthology collection that worked with everything that I wanted based on the description. I was invested in each universe and wanted to know the characters and world. It was great to read each story and I thought Ada Hoffmann wrote these books great.