These are incredibly moving and heartbreaking. I loved the unique format to the poems and how they weave through time.

This was such a rich collection. Tramaine Suubi’s poetry is truly meant to be heard and understood through the guise of spoken word, I feel, but reading it was just as lovely.

I love poetry so I knew I would love this book. It was raw and beautiful . It was a quick and easy read. I would recommend everyone to read this book. I rated it a 4 stars and I absolutely love the cover.

This is a perfectly fine collection of poetry, but it lacks the deeper resonance that readers would expect from an author compared to Rita Dove. The poems in this book are sparse and minimal, more akin to those of Lucille Clifton, steeped in biographical secrets. We will certainly be ordering this for our library, so check it out.

this book was a lot. it was moving, it was deep, it was dark, and it was unapologetic. i gave it 3 stars, because i felt as if i liked about 70% of the content, but didn’t fully connect with the rest of it.
thank you net galley for the opportunity to read this as an arc!

I love poetry collections that make you think, and I love reading poetry written by people of color and minorities. I feel like there is wisdom to be learned from the words of those who face the most ugly, the most hatred, the most pain, in this world we live in.

This collection of poetry was powerful and moving, the kind of poems you read over thrice or more, absorbing the layers within the verses. I appreciated the poem “anti-beatitudes” as I saw my own struggle against society and the US medical system. It both saddens me to know it is not uncommon experience and empowers me to continue being my own fierce advocate. Any woman should read this collection—it gave me goosebumps many times during my reading.

An honor to read your words and feel your soul—thank you, Tramaine!

I enjoyed this book of poetry. Many of the poems I could directly relate to. The author definitely had a way of putting words and phrases together in a way that were unique but powerful

This was so beautiful. There were many poems in here that made me emotional, I could feel exactly what she was feeling when she wrote it.