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Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman

22 reviews

deyonce54's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

4.0


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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

2.0

Admittedly, I'm not really one for poetry, but this book didn't really land for me. It often felt like the author was trying to say something really profound, and I wasn't quite getting it. But by far my biggest complaint is the form factor. There were some really poor decisions made that made some of the poems really difficult to read, and others just didn't really feel like they worked well in a book of poetry; they were more suited to something like an art installation. 

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jasbeingjas's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

This is a great collection of poems from a very promising poet.  Personally I didn't enjoy the collection as much as I thought I would, because many were about Covid, and in some ways those poems felt a little cliche at times.  But my personal mood aside, the poems were not only well written but interesting in formatting choices as well.  I think the most jarring part was reading the poem from the inauguration and knowing in hindsight how much worse everything has since gotten.

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chloetremain's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.25


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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0


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thecandiegirl's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0


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thedistortionist's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5


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cecilielaugesen's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Really beautiful! Probably would have enjoyed even more if I read it in 2020/2021

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robinks's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

A beautiful and timeless collection of poetry. All the references were well-researched, and the parallels to the past that Gorman speaks to are haunting. There were more than a few lines that resonated with me.

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peachmoni's review against another edition

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challenging reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

My rating is solely based on my enjoyment, not on the skill displayed. Now that I'm far removed from school, I think I've lost the ability to deeply analyze poetry. Anyway, my favorite portion was the erasure poems. They call to mind collage art or remixes, two art forms that are very dear to me. 

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