by Christine Heppermann
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleWhile this book was not quite what I expected, I still really enjoyed it. Rather than a collection of poetry that retells famous fairy tales (my expectation), this was instead a book of poetry that looks at fairy tales through a contemporary lens to co...
Once upon a time....Those four words have sustained little girls all their live into believing that all they have to do is sing in the woods, be beautiful, courageous, have patience and be kind to others, you will have a wonderful happy ending and a most wonderful man in your life.Then the little gi...
These are poems that turn fairytales on their heads, taking them to the modern time, and calling into question, well, life. Gender roles, anorexia, the beauty myths, and in particular the myth of effortless beauty, questioning why men blame women for their own lack of self-control, the myth of the...
A poetry collection that’s also feminist fairy-tale retellings with a curated selection of photographs. I know of several people who I respect who really loved this one. For me it didn’t quite work and I’m struggling to say way. I think I found the fairy tales too much in service to the feminism, an...
This collection was such a lovely surprise. When I picked up this book I was expecting a gimmicky, shoddily constructed, collection that might be worth a few laughs. I am very pleased to report my preconceptions were totally off the mark. Instead what I got was a book filled with razor sharp feminis...
These are a bunch of poems detailed and written beautifully. They are not your typical lovey dove ones but they take fairy tales and tell them how they are. The drastic measures girls take to be skinny, to be beautiful. It also deals with bullying. Truth: Every poems is short yet very powerful. Here...
I used to read a lot of poetry back in high school when it was a part of my English syllabus, but since graduating from HS I've been neglecting poetry. For some reason it has been difficult for me to pick up a book of poetry rather than a novel. I guess I've always found novels easier to get into, e...
Log in with Facebook 
