Name: Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love
ISBN: 9781556595615

Keith S. Wilson

Wilson weaves an intricate critique of race, gender, and isolation into the context of epics, space dust, and intimacy.

Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love

Clara Gauthier

grace has never been more biblical than in the gasp

loved his use of greek mythology and othered bodies through the minotaur and basilisk

very contemporary, though it’s good in some places and bad in others 

loved his use of greek mythology and othered bodies through the minotaur and basilisk

very contemporary, though it’s good in some places and bad in others 

Jessica 

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Review originally posted here to Booked J. As always, a copy of this book was provided by the publisher or author in exchange for my honest review. This does not effect my opinion in any way.  "Loving is misnomer, because you are expected of your heart's opinion on a sentence that is never completed, even as you are having it. Nothing must be more free than the feeling of the right to leave." 

Poetry is the most intimate form of expressing our thoughts. The good, the bad. The passionate, the painful. It's telling a story--personal, fictional, anything--in a way that hits close to home. For Wilson, the prose mingles with personal experiences and a little mythology sprinkled in for good measure.

What I loved most about Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love is how the mixture of prose and mythology went together so well. I found myself in a trance for many of its pages and could feel the hum of Wilson's words for hours after I'd closed in on reading it.

While there were a few poems that I simply did not connect with, this does not--or should not--define your view of Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love, nor does it take away from the quality of writing. This is one of those collections that has something for everyone, but maybe won't work wholly for us all. At the end of the day, that's what makes it unique and standout amongst the surge of modern poetry.

Overall, I firmly believed Keith S. Wilson's art needs to be read. If you love poetry, be sure to add this to your list before the year is up--you won't regret it.