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Tonguebreaker by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
3.25
dark emotional sad slow-paced

From a theme pov, it's a powerful book tackling important topics, particularly disability. And as I live with a chronic illness, of course some poems resonated with me. The references to Audre Lorde were greatly appreciated too.
On the other hand, from a poetic writing pov, I really don't enjoy prose poetry. And so, I'm realising that several 2010s poetry collections have disappointed me and that they are not for me.

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