Marvin Hubbard

I love the commitment to social justice in these poems, but unfortunately, most of the poems don't work well enough as poems for me to give the book a higher ranking. They tend to state their opinions - opinions I usually agree with strongly! - in abstract language without embedding them in either lived experience or interesting poetic language. I wanted to know more about how the poet's strong commitment to social justice plays out in the world, rather than having it expressed in mainly abstract terms.… (more)