I love when a book makes me look up a word!
A palinode or palinody is an ode in which the writer retracts a view or sentiment expressed in an earlier poem.
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Blackacre: Poems | 
I love when a book makes me look up a word!
A palinode or palinody is an ode in which the writer retracts a view or sentiment expressed in an earlier poem.
Every good poem should begin with a quote from snopes.com
I asked the smartest people I know for 2016 poetry recommendations and here are some of their favorites. My friends have good taste.
Not included on this list—books that were already my favorites. See: Tyehimba Jess, Solmaz Sharif, Mary Ruefle, Vi Khi Nao, Don Mee Choi, Renee Gladman.
pickMonica Youn‘s Blackacre* practically shimmers with intelligence as it ranges over subjects including desire, territory (physical, emotional, imaginative), race, and fertility. Here intellect meets imagery with an intensity so great it took my breath away.
Full review here: https://rosemaryandreadingglasses.com/2016/10/13/recommended-reading-monica-youn...
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*review copy from @Graywolfpress
I'm writing up my review of this book, and keep getting distracted as I leaf through. It's gorgeous. This is just one part of the poem "Greenacre."
"Necessity
is not a weaver,
there is no spindle
in her hand;
it is a woman
wearing a steel
collar, wearing
a stiffly pleated
dress, which lifts
to reveal nothing
but fabric where
her body used to be."
Wishing for more light on this drive so I could keep reading this brilliant book.
Wishing for more light on this drive so I could keep reading this brilliant book.
pickWonderful collection using legalese when artfully discussing the very personal.
Defined: "Blackacre, Whiteacre, Greenacre, Brownacre, and variations are the placeholder names used for fictitious estates in land.
The names are used by professors of law in common law jurisdictions, particularly in the area of real property and occasionally in contracts, to discuss the rights of various parties to a piece of land."
