A weaving winding collection of poetry exploring the body through a bilingual lens. Henry plays with meter and form in a playful and almost mischievous way that kept my attention throughout. Her way of creating humor and softness from hard times with the body is a lovely and rare thing.

My favorite poems are: "You Could Be The Lake", "Fortuna Wore A Blindfold", and "Real Feel."

Thank you NetGalley and Querencia Press for the chance to read and review this ARC!

Honestly, I actually really like this collection and I want to read what the poet writes next. I really liked "SHE NEEDS TO KNOW MY SKIN ISN’T WHITENING BUT MY HAIR IS" but I do think the following seems to be very male authory

"her tips poking at her t-shirt
implying flight​at any moment"


KARNICKELKÖTTELKARNICKEL starts off quite funny.

I will say that the cover (while good) doesn't match the book.

A couple of poems like "MY BOOB POPPED OUT IN THE POOL TODAY" could have been left out.

Incidentally this book made me look up how a mammography is done.


3.5 stars, generally rounded to 3 where the option is not available.

I am drawn to poetry, prose and verse because of those words, lines that leap up from the page and stay with me. As I was reading this collection, from "My House Seems Unfamiliar," I could not help but take a moment and drown in the lines: "someone taught me the difference between wound (as in tightly) and wound (as in painful)
Thanks Netgalley for the eARC.

I really like the imagery and how it flows, it's almost stream of conscious while at the same time, not quite thoughts, just feelings. Beautiful work.

Thank you for the ARC

Beautiful collection of poetry. Each with its own story to tell. I was able to lose myself in the words.