Women of Resistance - Poems for a New Feminism is a powerful anthology of feminist poetry edited by Danielle Barnhart and Iris Mahan. With contributions from 41 poets, including names such as Elizabeth Acevedo, Mahogany L. Browne, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, and Trish Salah, Women of Resistance is honestly heartstopping at times, so familiar it might take your breath away, and also heartbreaking because there is still so much work to be done.

Read this book slowly, read every word, and read it aloud. Hear your voice rise with the power that the words will infuse into your heart - these poems are for us all, and for our children, and should be read, told, recited, and read again.

Women of Resistance is everyone, is a fight for real equality, encompassing all gender identities, races, ethnicities, and sexuality; songs of pain, of love, of questions, of the toll that patriarchy and racism and classicism have taken on our society. The poems resonate so hard in me, inspiring me, and are a collective account telling me that we are not alone, we don’t need to fight alone, we are in this together. They talk of depression, of war, of injustice, of sexual assault, of childbirth, of abortion, of loss, of love, of breastfeeding, of racism, of brutality, of sisterhood... Of everything.

This anthology of amazing artists hit me like a punch in the stomach but also lifted me to my feet - this is really us, and we can keep using all the tools and talents that we have to make a change.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publisher for the copy - this is one that I will be reading over and over again.

Women of Resistance - Poems for a New Feminism will be published by OR Books by March 13th, 2018.

This anthology comprises of work from a myriad of different poets from varying backgrounds and the style varies throughout the book, despite this the five sections each flow well from poem to poem. The introduction describes it as a "collection of truths" which I'd agree with; a lot of these poems reference or are in response to recent events and all of them are extremely topical.

My personal favourites included "The Children's Chorus" and "The Ride Home"; they were both so raw and powerful; also "To The Woman Crying Uncontrollably In The Next Stall", mainly because I loved the title before I'd even read it. As with any anthology of poetry, there were some I wasn't so keen on but overall I enjoyed it, and gave it 4 stars.

First off.. a big thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for providing me with an E-arc of Women of Resistance.

Empowering, freeing and much needed.

I downloaded my version to my kindle app and had a really hard time getting into the poems because the format was funked up quite a bit, but after a while I got used to it and that’s where I fell head over heels with all these strong poets.

Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism is a collection of poems from various writers about feminism (duh). As with any collection, some poems you will like, some you wont. It's how it goes. Some poems I skimmed over, catching lines that I enjoyed as I did so. Or, sometimes I just didn't like the structure of the poem. Thats ok, too. For one poem I didn't really like, I found 3 more that I LOVED.
These poems span many topics, (intersectional feminism, sexual assault, depression, and more and more and more) and are all so relevant, and important to modern feminism.
In my opinion, good books on feminism should make you feel pissed, empowered, and even sad, depending on the book. I went through all those emotions and more I can't even describe?
I'm in love with this book, and I'm going to be buying it, no doubt.
Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I'm floored by the variety of voices of the contributions, and perspectives represented. The photographs add to, rather than distract from, the text. My favorite poems were Sally Ride Speaks to the Schoolgirls by Laura Fairgrieve, An Open Letter to the Protestors Outside the Planned Parenthood Near My Job by Elizabeth Acevedo, When My Daughter Wasn't Assaulted by Amanda Johnston, Shiv by Rachel McKibbens, and If 2017 Was a Poem Title by Mahogany L. Browne.