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Some of the pieces in here I just loved! And some were meh. But the concept was fabulous! And I learned a lot from it. Both about technique for blackout/erasure poems, and about the potential to change your own perception of something by changing the narrative.

@Chrissyreadit Books arrived yesterday!!! 🩷🩷🩷

Slim but powerful volume of erasure poetry. The poems are solid on their own, but the side-by-side format of the poems with the original comments amplifies their voice.

This is a quick and easy read that can be finished in one sitting in less than an hour. I'm not someone that is very familiar with erasure poetry, but I truly appreciated this collection and how accessible it is. It was a real pleasure to see so many negative messages turned into something beautiful by selecting certain words from the original message. I know I will be recommending it to friends and family in the future.

I loved each one of these poems and found this book to be really uplifting. It says so much about what it's like to be a woman and how we survive and thrive by making poetry out of the judgment of others.

Book 189

I thought I would find the blackout style gimmicky but Baer packs a surprising emotional punch in these poems. Choosing to have the original text side-by-side with her poem was the right move; otherwise the poems are viewed in a vacuum which greatly diminishes their power. These aren't groundbreaking poems but missives of connection in a world that needs more compassionate coming together.

I thought at first that the poems were a bit gimmicky, but after reading it I can see something empowering about what she's doing.