jess

Like Bukowski if Bukowski had no talent
Only two stars instead of one because of the occasional sentiment
Like if a Nice Guy™ wrote poems

Rudy, I wanted to like this, but I'm sorry I just don't

I kept writing and deleting my review but what I really want to say is that the author perfectly captures all of the anxiety of the main character almost purely through describing his physical sensations and that means a lot to me. I read this book for the first time in college for a children's lit class and after reading it again, I can confirm it's one of my absolute favorites.

ok I definitely teared up frequently when reading this. Ott knows how to write poetry, and specially knows how to end poems with that blow you don't necessarily want but sometimes need

file ocean vuong under: great contemporary poets that make me cry

Mark Twain is one of the smartest authors and his ability to actively voice two very different characters is phenomenal.

Also I laughed. A lot.

I don't know how to even begin to explain what I got out of this play, and I'm sure many others have had the similar sensation. All I know is that if I was still in college, I would greatly want to write a paper about this play and how it intersects with Hamlet. Ros and Guil have now both been added to my list of favorite characters. Read and discuss.

Will the heaviness in my heart ever go away after finishing this book? Probably not and I'll revel in my pain forever.

Talk to me about Kaveh Akbar

Alright, so I was going to write an actual review, but then jillian offered to transcribe my rant to her like a 1950s secretary and I was going to form this all into some paragraphs but I think I'll just post her notes.

So here you are:

-no bias, didn't read in hs
-trying to reread boks from hs to see if opinion changes see: a separate peace
-i LOVE a.m. and death..., sons..., all about fam. and drama, modern and sad, etc.
-head in hands
-he attempted to bring emotion and drama to horrible thing but he sexualized every girl (eg abigail is older in play than in real life). uncomfy! plays up role sex prob had in actual trials
-main source of sympathy is supposed to be john, but MEANWHILE 12 other women have been killed but oh john is supposed to be whom you sympathise with?? ok. ok.
-am's thing is that he uses all this melodram to convey emotion but it all felt v forced, as if the empathy you were supposed to feel was v forced

The perfect blend of comedy and darkness. Honestly, I wish everyone would read this. So thoughtful and I agree with a lot of the theory brought up. I'm trying not to cry after finishing it and I don't see that happening.

• cat poem was great
  - he's the French version of Poe and it's greeat
  - now I know where the Baudelaires from A Series of Unfortunate Events got their name

If English classes aren't studying this collection in fifty years, that's a mistake.

I've had some gin prior to (ironically?) writing this. But at this point I just want to say that poetry exists for Kaveh Akbar.

reading children's poetry is really fun (i.e. upsetting) if you read every poem as if it's a metaphor for mental illness, which with silverstein it quite possibly is.

favorites: magic / it's dark in here / colors / joey / sky seasoning / us / lester / benjamin bunnn / the yipiyuk / my hobby / the long-haired boy

3 and a half stars

without getting too much into it
1 - these pages hold better poetry than rupi kaur
2 - they gave credit to the original viners so i don't know why everyone is saying they didn't
3 - it's not an exploitation, it's a satire
4 - chill

absolutely gorgeous writing. one of my new favorite collections of poetry. covers topics from grief to feminism to mental health and on. would definitely recommend to anyone even somewhat interested in poetry.

Absolutely amazing. It's incredible that this was technically a sequel for Long Day's Journey Into Night, but that it came out first because O'Neill didn't want LDJiN to be published until decades after his death. I recommend reading Long Day's Journey first and then this, because it really provides a great background for the character of Jim Tyrone.

Also, Josie is now one of my favorite fictional characters and she would definitely identify as a sex-positive feminist who could murder any man she pleased.