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Not Ghosts, But Spirits IV: Art from the Women's & LGBTQIAP+ Communities
by Emily Perkovich
I received an e-ARC from netgalley in exchange for a review.
This anthology collects a variety of prose, poetry and art from women and LGBT+ authors, poets and artists. While not every piece features here was to my liking, there were still quite a few I enjoyed.
My absolute favorites were "metamorphosis(i try to remember)" by Katherine Zhao (a poem masterfully connecting food and language in a way that made me hungry and sad) and "prose poem for being the only trans person in your office" by nat raum (a poem about how this emails finds you). I also quite enjoyed "pomegranate seeds & the heart of men" by Shilo Niziolek (a lesbian romance with greek mythology), "Sts. Anthony, pray for us" by Rezyl Grace (a haunting story about a hike), "Mary Webster's last laugh" by Eva Korošec (a poem about a witch hunt, very lyrical and like a song), "Jump" by Luis Lopez-Maldonado (a poem about having ancestors that have been colonialized and gender), "how to not know the pseudo-lovers I tossed out like facial tissue in order to try and replace my last lover" by Val West (a poem about grief and past relationships), "all ellbows" by Emilce Ferreria (a short text about being a woman working in construction), "Hypothetically speaking" by Leanne Moden (a poem about walking home at night and being followed, haunting and claustrophobic), "Lycantrophy" by Brooke White (a story about the difference between the prince and the werewolf and how to relates to abuse in relationships), "Fat Girl's Dinner Party" by Kali Meister (a poem about being a fat girl at a dinner party and various serial killers) and "Siren Song" by Venus Fultz (a short story about a trans girl escaping from the curse that has led her brothers to ruin, short, but sweet).
All in all this anthology touches on a lot of themes that deal with the experiences of women, LGBT+ people and seems to have a good inclusion of BIPOC artists as well, which made for an overall very interesting reading experience to me and I have definitely found some artists whose work I want to check out.
3.5 stars, rounded up to 4.
This anthology collects a variety of prose, poetry and art from women and LGBT+ authors, poets and artists. While not every piece features here was to my liking, there were still quite a few I enjoyed.
My absolute favorites were "metamorphosis(i try to remember)" by Katherine Zhao (a poem masterfully connecting food and language in a way that made me hungry and sad) and "prose poem for being the only trans person in your office" by nat raum (a poem about how this emails finds you). I also quite enjoyed "pomegranate seeds & the heart of men" by Shilo Niziolek (a lesbian romance with greek mythology), "Sts. Anthony, pray for us" by Rezyl Grace (a haunting story about a hike), "Mary Webster's last laugh" by Eva Korošec (a poem about a witch hunt, very lyrical and like a song), "Jump" by Luis Lopez-Maldonado (a poem about having ancestors that have been colonialized and gender), "how to not know the pseudo-lovers I tossed out like facial tissue in order to try and replace my last lover" by Val West (a poem about grief and past relationships), "all ellbows" by Emilce Ferreria (a short text about being a woman working in construction), "Hypothetically speaking" by Leanne Moden (a poem about walking home at night and being followed, haunting and claustrophobic), "Lycantrophy" by Brooke White (a story about the difference between the prince and the werewolf and how to relates to abuse in relationships), "Fat Girl's Dinner Party" by Kali Meister (a poem about being a fat girl at a dinner party and various serial killers) and "Siren Song" by Venus Fultz (a short story about a trans girl escaping from the curse that has led her brothers to ruin, short, but sweet).
All in all this anthology touches on a lot of themes that deal with the experiences of women, LGBT+ people and seems to have a good inclusion of BIPOC artists as well, which made for an overall very interesting reading experience to me and I have definitely found some artists whose work I want to check out.
3.5 stars, rounded up to 4.