I didn't like this as much as I thought I would. Most of what I read from it were the short stories, which after a while started to blend together. The characters struck me as being very similar, and the tone of the stories was a little on the frantic side. I didn't wind up finishing out the stories, and for the most part I didn't read the poetry. I believe there is also some nonfiction in the book but I didn't get to it if there is.