To convey a sense of Morgan Powers, these are her group Acknowledgments at the end: But like Lemonade, this is a conceptual work so is best appreciated in its entirety. This is a collection in which the whole is greater than its parts, which is not to say the parts don't consist of superb poems, because they do. appreciate thoughts on race and womanhood I enjoyed some of the poems but wished I was more drawn in and connected to others. We need more poets addressing issues of black womanhood. The topics and stories told in these poems were important and reflective. So my opinion will certainly differ from other readers. The way people experience poetry is subjective and personal. It's hard for me to pin point what I didn't enjoy in this poetry collection. However none of the language resonated with me in a emotional way. The poems centered around race and womanhood were thought provoking. I wasn't familiar with some of the references, but the ones I recognized didn't make sense in the context. This book used Beyonce and other pop culture references, in a way that didn't resonate with me. This isn't a rebuke of Beyonce which the title hints at. I thought from the title Beyonce would be used as a launching pad to reference the problematic ways women exist in media. I wanted to love this collection more than I did. Find this and other Reviews at In Tori Lex
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