Reviews for Lullaby Land: Songs of Childhood

The average rating for Lullaby Land: Songs of Childhood based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-11-29 00:00:00 Matthew Stowers "Medea" is an interesting read, likely best-suited for people who are already familiar with and fans of Wakoski's previous work. The letters addressed to Jonathan (Carroll, I believe) and Craig (Cotter) are beautifully poetic in their own right, and the glimpse that they give the reader into the thought process behind the subsequent poems feels really special. Somewhat unfortunately, many of the poems and letters haven't aged particularly well, if not for one bizarre reason, through no fault of her own. There is a LOT of talk of Tom Cruise. A lot. Overall, though, a great read that I was in no rush to put down.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-07-23 00:00:00 Martez Gulley I liked the obvious humor in several of the poems, but I thought she was less focused overall than she was in Jason the Sailor...but perhaps since Medea the Sorceress came out first, she hadn't yet figured out what her overall focus was going to be? Also, there seem to be more letters in this book than in Jason, and while lots of them are very interesting, sometimes they just seem to rehash the same old stuff. I tend to think that, were I Jonathan or Craig (the two men she writes to), I might tell her to get a new schtick. But I still liked it, and am very interested in Wakoski as a poet.