Reviews - Your Family, Your Body

Your Family, Your Body by Sharon Olds, Malika Booker, Warsan Shire

24 reviews for:

Honestly, I read this for Warsan's work and was not disappointed. Beautiful prose and hard-hitting. I was challenged, moved, disgusted and so happy to be reading one of my favourite modern poets. This is a great collection. And "your grandfather's hands" was probably my favourite of the bunch.

pcoulter's review against another edition

4.0

I enjoyed Malika Booker the most out of the three. Warsan Shire felt a lot rawer.
I was already familiar with Sharon Olds, and find her sometimes good and sometimes a bit unnerving - too much information for me.
Out of all the Penguin Modern Poets I've read, this probably fits best thematically (see the title) - but each poet with their own distinct take.

cally_mac's review against another edition

4.0

Really enjoying this series so far and this one was probably my favourite so far. Obviouly, Warsan Shire is incredible but I also liked Sharon Olds quite a bit. I thought Malika Booker was good but her stuff didn't stick with me as much - but that's probably not a reflection on her since I read her poems in the middle of the night when I was basically dead to the world and to literature.

gem_gl's review against another edition

4.0

This series is such a nice idea and I'm definitely going to be picking the others up at some point. Each poet has such a strong and individual voice but they each compliment each other well.