Thank you to NetGalley and Button Poetry for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 

This collection blew me away; if I'm being perfectly honest the first two or three poems were lacking something for me, and not having read anything else by this author, I was worried I wouldn't like this collection. But nearly every poem after that was brilliant, and by the end my feelings on this book were totally reversed. 

My favorite poems include An Open Letter to Raven Symone, How to Come Out and Stay Out, The Other Black Man, Family Reunion, and Advice from my Grandmother. 

Some of the shorter ones pack a really intense punch in between the longer pieces; I usually don't like really short poems, but these ones (such as Insomnia, Correction, and To Existing Being Enough) fit perfectly in this collection. 

The poems near the end really started telling a singular story that absolutely gutted me. After finishing this book I definitely want to read more work by this poet, and am so glad I had the opportunity to read this book.