Kirkus Review of MAKING LOVE WITH THE LAND

Whitehead is a lyric poet writing in prose, proudly declaring himself to be “transgressive [and] punk”—and, very clearly, a survivor. An elegiac and elegant book of revelations, confessions, and reverberations.

A moving and deeply personal excavation of Indigenous beauty and passion in a suffering world

While some of the pieces [in Making Love with the Landare celebratory, honoring the homeland implied in his title, others are mournful. Some focus on the recognition that the world is on the edge of apocalypse and that its Indigenous peoples “have moved into a post-dystopian future.” Then there is the loss of loved ones to death or separation, the cancers and other diseases that carry away parents and relatives. Throughout, Whitehead is a lyric poet writing in prose, proudly declaring himself to be “transgressive [and] punk”—and, very clearly, a survivor.
An elegiac and elegant book of revelations, confessions, and reverberations.

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