Archives > A Murmuration of Starlings: March 2008
I don't know who wrote this, but so far this is the coolest review ever. I love the rating system (biceps! (I'm sure I'm supposed to know whose they are, but I don't)):
And thank you...
UPDATE 10 JULY 08: Fleegan has taught me how to read the system: fewer biceps, better book, and as it turns out (updated link), A Murmuration of Starlings got one bicep. See Fleegan's comment below...
This is a fantastic book of poetry! His other book of poems, Murder Ballads was very good, but this one was great. The poems all centered around the civil rights movement. I loved how Mr. York used music in his poetry. These poems were beautiful and chilling at the same time. They were just perfect. Okay, enough gushing.
And thank you...
UPDATE 10 JULY 08: Fleegan has taught me how to read the system: fewer biceps, better book, and as it turns out (updated link), A Murmuration of Starlings got one bicep. See Fleegan's comment below...
The first (?) review of A Murmuration of Starlings is online at The Yalobusha Review.
I had hoped someone would feel this way:
I had hoped someone would feel this way:
Laudably, the collection avoids oversimplifying the individual struggles of the Civil Rights Era, refusing the easy binaries of innocence and guilt, goodness and badness, self and other.