..... the set finds Helm both affirming life and anticipating death. ....Much is raucous, though there are sombre ballads that look directly into the great unknown. The constant throughout is Helm’s subtly spectacular singing. When he was young, he sounded like a wise old man. Now he sounds like an oracle
Katie Berta’s playlist for her poetry collection “retribution forthcoming”
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"In some ways, the poems in retribution forthcoming can be read as a kind
of coming-of-age narrative specific to a girl in her twenties. The music
included...
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