Sarah Browning

The varied voices in this collection come together to form a patchwork of protest that still rings as engaging, worthwhile, and striking. Though the moment in history that prompted the collection has passed--though perhaps it could be argued that it's been reinvented more recently--the majority of the poems only work from that moment, focusing instead on larger questions of war and piece, silence and witness, and privilege. The essays at the beginning and the end of the book are fairly dated, but shouldn't be taken as a signal to what's in the poetry. All in all, the collection as a whole is powerful and accessible, and worth not just reading, but sharing.

Absolutely recommended.… (more)