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Some of the pieces in here I just loved! And some were meh. But the concept was fabulous! And I learned a lot from it. Both about technique for blackout/erasure poems, and about the potential to change your own perception of something by changing the narrative.

@Chrissyreadit Books arrived yesterday!!! 🩷🩷🩷

Slim but powerful volume of erasure poetry. The poems are solid on their own, but the side-by-side format of the poems with the original comments amplifies their voice.

This is a quick and easy read that can be finished in one sitting in less than an hour. I'm not someone that is very familiar with erasure poetry, but I truly appreciated this collection and how accessible it is. It was a real pleasure to see so many negative messages turned into something beautiful by selecting certain words from the original message. I know I will be recommending it to friends and family in the future.

My pick for the #LetterI is this book of poems that I rated five stars. #AlphabetGame

I highly recommend this book. If you‘ve ever been put down, been judged, been trolled, been made to feel less than, then you need to read this book. I‘m blown away by it. She took the negative and turned it into positive. In this book, I felt like she was changing the narrative. So incredibly well done. Five stars. #poetry

I loved each one of these poems and found this book to be really uplifting. It says so much about what it's like to be a woman and how we survive and thrive by making poetry out of the judgment of others.

Book 189

I thought I would find the blackout style gimmicky but Baer packs a surprising emotional punch in these poems. Choosing to have the original text side-by-side with her poem was the right move; otherwise the poems are viewed in a vacuum which greatly diminishes their power. These aren't groundbreaking poems but missives of connection in a world that needs more compassionate coming together.

I thought at first that the poems were a bit gimmicky, but after reading it I can see something empowering about what she's doing.