by Kevin Young
If I were rating the poems individually, they'd be four stars all the way, but as a collection this is simply too long. The poems' brilliance gets lost and they blend into one another. At the beginnings of sections I'd be re-energized in my reading but soon find myself on auto-pilot. I understand th...
Gorgeous rhythmic poetry, sexy as all get out, sometimes funny, sometimes sad. I want all of Young's books RIGHT NOW.