Reviews for One with Others

The average rating for One with Others based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-01-11 00:00:00 Mike Nowotny Second read so much better. I got a lot of the larger motifs missed on my initial pass. Pitch perfect always, CDW. Documentary poetics done well.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-07-05 00:00:00 David Smith I am a slow reader, especially with poetry, but I tore through this in one long sitting. The poetry at first seems distant from the intensity of Wright's early and middle books. Of course, the project reflects a larger aim, to capture the life of a personal hero of historical and social importance. The first level of brilliance in this book arrives with the blend of an objective documentary approach interspersed with collages of repeating found lines. The second level of brilliance arrives toward the end, when the momentum builds into a pure lyric grounded by all the literal groundwork that sets up the book. Wright honors her mentor through a poem that presents Wright's vision of her without distorting the woman by recasting her in a straight narrative or a contrived thematic lyric. You get a straight shot of poetry without pretenses written in a unique and masterful style.