There's certainly no more challenging or heady work of poetry this year, but if you are able to fall into Hutchinson's writerly and metaphorical rhythms, there's also few that are better.

I am so very thankful to FSG, Netgalley, and Ishion Hutchinson. for granting me advanced digital access to this vastly immersive collection of poetry and prose. This piece hits shelves on November 21, 2023 and I'm so gracious to have received advanced looks inside.

It is a true pleasure to live when Ishion Hutchinson is writing. More than the historic legacy and family memoir Hutchinson is engaging in this text, there is a sense of vivid and lively quality to the poems. Whether it's the use of ootomonopeias or locational directions, Hutchinson roots us in a very specific place and time while allowing us to sense the very impetuous nature of memory. I enjoyed this collection greatly!

I really tried to read this poetry but it felt a little over my head. There were a lot of references to places or words that are not regular English. I appreciated the author's writing, but at times I could not understand what was happening.