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A review by repeatbeatpoet
Improvised Explosive Device by Arji Manuelpillai
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
tense
fast-paced
4.0
this is a serious, persistently human, and properly grounded poetry collection exploring extremism, hate crime, violence, and the affect of terrorism on the mass world, and the individual experience. It's gritty, gallows-humour funny, but utterly beautiful in the way it values humanity.
Pair with 'Four Lions' and Riz Ahmed's Englandistan, Muneera Pilgrim's poetry.
Fave poems -
Portrait Of A Man In A Suicide Vest
Rapid Eye Movement
Methods Of Fitting In
Way Back
If You Don't Like It, Leave
This Is Not An IED (after Danez Smith)
Pair with 'Four Lions' and Riz Ahmed's Englandistan, Muneera Pilgrim's poetry.
Fave poems -
Portrait Of A Man In A Suicide Vest
Rapid Eye Movement
Methods Of Fitting In
Way Back
If You Don't Like It, Leave
This Is Not An IED (after Danez Smith)