Bogi Takács's review of How the first sparks became visible

A poetry chapbook with one single lengthy and wide-ranging poem, by a Dutch Black woman author. This was awesome and I ended up reading it twice in a row to see how it all fit together - there are earlier parts that reference later parts. I really appreciated it both on a structural level and on an Individual Awesome Sentences!!!! level. Some poetry has one but not the other; this chapbook had both. And also feeling, which can sometimes get lost with structure, but here it doesn't. Would recommend especially to those who like Sofia Samatar's poetry; but to everyone really. I haven't read ...