Name: becoming.
ISBN: 9781524862916

Renaada Williams

Everyone understands that life is hard, but self-love and dedication will always be the key. Becoming. is a beautiful debut collection of poetry centering around themes of feminism, sexuality, race, and mental health. Renaada Williams’s 100+ poems are short, personal, emotional tributes to the things that make us different and a celebration of all the things that make us the same. A journey through life, love, and loss, becoming. reminds the reader that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.

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Briar's Reviews

becoming. by Renaada Williams is a lovely collection of poetry to fill your TBR shelf with!

The poems are short, sweet and simplistic. They are the type of poems I want to read on a rainy day where I can stare off into the distance with my tea and ponder their meaning. It's quite lovely, to be honest. They aren't too long, they aren't full of weird metaphors that leave me confused, and I found them to be even put in interesting designs. I quite liked them! 

Even the acknowledgements were in a poem, and I found that to be super cute!

I'd highly recommend these if you want some poetry and want a quick read. These are beautifully written and make for a quick read.

Three out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for giving me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

Renee Delcourt

Very poignant and beautiful. I really think this is a poetry collection that non matter the age or race, they can be read and felt in your heart. Real resonance.

Denise B.

I received this from the publisher, so thank you Andrews McMeel.

Let me preface by saying, I am more inclined to classical poetry versus the free verse format of this collection of contemporary work. That being stated, some of these did moderately touch me in the feels. "New Bae", "Starting Over" and "New Life" to name a few, I related to emotionally while others like "modern-day feline", "the power of melanin gods" and "broken hearts", missed the connection. The topics covered in these verses are somewhat generic and tired but the overall message is empowering and fearless. I would recommend reading this book as it's fairly short and has some excellent mantras for those that want/need a little boost to help beat back those mental beasts that so thrive and enjoy stirring negativity.

Shannon O’Connor 

I really liked this collection! It left me bookmarking and highlighting a lot. I sent so many relatable poems to my friends and it really made me look at myself. I wasn’t a fan of some of the political poems but it didn’t take away from the rest of the book.

Everyone understands that life is hard, but self-love and dedication will always be the key. Becoming. is a beautiful debut collection of poetry centering around themes of feminism, sexuality, race, and mental health. Renaada Williams's 100+ poems are short, personal, emotional tributes to the things that make us different and a celebration of all the things that make us the same. A journey through life, love, and loss, becoming. reminds the reader that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.

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I originally read the self published version of this book and really loved it so when I saw it was getting published again I knew I had to grab a physical copy. i really liked this collection! The new edition doesn’t disappoint! New poems and revised old ones, i really recommend this collection.

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