7 Feminist Poetry Collections About Gender and Identity Reviewed at Electric Lit!
- Nov 11, 2022
- 1 min read
"A fierce, feminist page-turner of a book, Melnick’s third collection is a riveting follow-up to Landscape With Sex & Violence. 'You can only hear you look like a hooker so many times/ before you become one,' she writes, recounting the story of babysitting for the rabbi’s son as a teen, a chilling parable about survival under patriarchy. With her signature wit and candor, Melnick reckons with a history of misogyny and anti-Semitism, war and atrocity, sexual and domestic violence, myriad abuses of power—and yet there is humor and hopefulness in her voice, a perpetual sense of discovery."
"Shelley Wong is the poet-queen the world needs right now. Her visionary debut, As She Appears, centers queer women of color in shape-shifting poems of becoming and knowing, seeing and being seen. Wong uses white space and silence to pose questions about identity and interiority, femininity and power: 'women are familiar with surrender/ & the appearance of it,' she writes, letting the lines float free on the page."
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This was a powerful read on these feminist poetry collections exploring gender and identity. The snippets from Melnick and Shelley Wong really captured the raw honesty, wit, and resilience in their work. It’s inspiring to see reviews that highlight both the heavy truths and the hope within. Reminded me of a thoughtful literary discussion I came across on England & Derbyshire LLP with the same empowering energy. Definitely adding a couple of these to my list!
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