Saul Williams was inspirational for me when I first was truly developing my voice in poetry many years ago. This was one of his books I never got to read and I'm glad I did now. His poetry is something you can keep reading over and over and come away with something new. Love his use of wordplay and imagry.

Saul Williams captures in written form the strength of spoken word poetry. Williams exploration of the english language is inciting and insightful.

I'm actually glad I was reading this digitally, because I'd have ruined the pages with all my tears. Nothing short of moving. Nothing short of powerful.

She by Saul Williams is a collection of interconnected musical poems coupled with a collection of images from Marcia Jones that tells a story about a woman and their journey together. On his Website, he says, “This book chronicles my thoughts and feelings as a young man working through an early relationship with an amazing visual artist as we embark on adulthood and parenthood in the same breath.”

Each of Williams’ poems has a unique rhythm to it, and should be read aloud for effect. Each is as expressive as you would expect Williams to be in real life, becoming an extension of himself and his digital, visual, and audio art. Unlike other collections, Williams’ She is a story beginning to end with a prologue and epilogue and prose poetry. The nameless She is integral to the journey, a connection to the past and the future, illustrated through short lines and “out loud” cadence that screams to be read aloud.

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She is!

Great little book, I'm new to poetry so although I really enjoyed this I probably need to re-read it at some point to understand it more.

I caught a book at Bookcrossing.com!
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I've never been a fan of poetry, but I loved this collection.

I really enjoyed this. I, honestly, wasn't sure what to expect, but once I started rolling with the Williams, his words and rhythms and implied story drew me in completely.

In particular, I loved his "snapshot" poems that were no more than a few lines. These, often, resonated more than the longer work. Thought that being said, my other favorites tended to be the pages-long poems, so I guess you can take away that I liked it all.

Sure, a few poems were slightly lackluster, and he does tend to write in more abstracts than I normally enjoy. As a whole, though, this is an excellent collection--at least to someone that doesn't read too much poetry in the first place.

actually wow

I have kept this book on my nightstand for the last year and a half. I refer to it quite often, actually. Williams is my perfect poet. He doesn't try so hard to be smart, simply allows the words to gather themselves. And trusts us to decifer our own meaning from them. He allows me to put my own spin, my own context on his words and yet I still feel the shared experience of them.

classic saul williams. i wish the size of this paperback was a little larger... it always falls off of my bookshelf.

Early copies of this book included a CD recording of Saul reading portions. I sought a copy out on Ebay, and paid like $30 for it. It was money well spent. The man has an incredible voice for poetry, and, while I don't think this is his strongest book, the accompanying CD is the great equalizer. Bits of his published poetry are also recycled on his music CD's, which are worth checking out.