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Not everything in this collection is a hit, but the pieces that do hit - notably Teratoma Lullaby among the poems and Gehenesis among the stories - hit hard.
I had some special favorites from this collection of genre poetry and fiction, but I'm saving the details for a longer review for GeekaChicas. Here let me just say that it mass me feel things I don't usually feel. I recommend it highly (with the caveat that it contains some bold, affecting horror that might disturb some sensitive readers, though that's largely the point of horror, to me). Wonderful, really.
This is a collection of both poetry and short stories, spanning more than a decade and covering many different themes and topics. I first discovered Lisa as a poet: I fell in love with one of the poems in this collection, "The Skin-Walker's Wife," which is warm and rough and sexy--explicitly so--and mythic, and oh so beautiful. For me, it was a one-hit-and-you're-addicted sort of poem. Her poems combine the broken bottles and cigarette stubs of life with the ache of loneliness and the heat of de...
Boilerplate disclaimer: Lisa is a friend of mine, so this may be somewhat biased.That said, I loved this book. It's about equally divided, in terms of length, between 21 poems and 5 short stories. Poetry is kind of my thing, and I found myself drawn to the vivid and evocative language Lisa uses here. Poems like 'Begging Auspices' fuse folklore with a solid grounding in the real world that makes it seem particularly immediate. I also really loved the title poem, and 'Geminids'; longer poems like
I've read one of these stories before, and it was good then and it's good now. But even though I don't read that much poetry, I have to admit that in this collection, all the poetry is really great. I like the mix of poetry, prose, and poetry blending into prose.I cannot wait for Lisa Bradley's next book.
DNF @20%Just...not for me.
In this inconsistent collection, Bradley weaves alternately beautiful and unsatisfying poems and stories about latinx communities and supernatural beings. Some of the content in this book is absolutely entrancing, but some is confusing and/or poorly written.Stop reading here if you're not interested in a case-by-case breakdown, because that's what I'm about to provide!!!POEMSI love most of the shorter-form poetry in this volume. Beautifully crafted phrasing and interesting, speculative concepts
I loved the language use, and I loved the poems and stories.
Rough and tumble poems of lust and loss; stories about hard choices and heat. Bradley's poetry is never shy in its examination of the sharp edges of relationships with both self and other. And it is occasionally flat-out sexy. Her stories crack open the "real" to show the weirdness around the edges, basking in the heat of South Texas, out of the mouths of characters used to hard times. They're not pretty, but they're true.Recommended for those in need of a journey and for those who suspect the h...
Wonderfully inventive, sharp perspectives, deeply moving. Review forthcoming at Lightspeed in March.
This is the weirdest book I've read in a long time, and I'm a connoisseur of weird books. The Border region comes alive with contemporary grit, folklore brought to live, and just plain badassness that the Latinx generation should like.
A great collection of poetry and short stories featuring magic, monsters, vampires, and more with a Texas borderland flavor. The poems were insightful and often haunting with imagery drawn from both mythology and science. The stories tended toward urban fantasy that connected to real-world issues.
