to start off with, I adore the format of this book. Some thing that challenges me with poetry is that I know that there are deeper meanings, but don't always have the context on the authors, life or experiences. However, this book does a really good job pairing memoir-like essays with the poem, so that you have the ‘right’ context to interpret the poem. I found her entertaining and fun, even if some of her points were maybe a little millennial feminist-core. My favorite poems of hers are “reducing our carbon footprint” and “like otters”

"Any white person who tells me they have no racist family members I believe must be either an orphan or a liar, or unaware of the meaning of this word"