Holly Lyn Walrath

The Smallest of Bones

Alexandra P

An ARC was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This modern poetry collection was unique. I loved the way it centred around different bones and gave a page of information on them that also began to explore past misogyny towards the differences in female bodies. The poems were visceral, but often non-sensical or strenuous and it’s possible this was done by Walrath on purpose. I loved a couple of these poems and the overall connections with anatomy, but it’s probably not a collection I will read again.

Content warning for this collection: suicide, assault

The Smallest of Bones

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