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Alabi's debut collection (winner of the Academy of American Poets First Book Award) arrives brimming with confidence and force. Polemical and personal, erotic and erudite, this work is downright feisty with regards to contemporary norms of poetic language and rhythm and not always easy to pin down on a first read. Which is to say, it challenges in the way that successful poetry should. The flip side is that Alabi's work here also frequently tips into over indulgence and can feel disjointed as it shuffles through its many ide...Log In or Sign Up to Read More