Helium
2017 • 96 pages

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Helium is the debut poetry collection by internet phenom Rudy Francisco, whose work has defined poetry for a generation of new readers. Rudy's poems and quotes have been viewed and shared millions of times as he has traveled the country and the world performing for sell-out crowds. Helium is filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political, blending love poems, self-reflection, and biting cultural critique on class, race and gender into an unforgettable whole. Ultimately, Rudy's work rises above the chaos to offer a fresh and positive perspective of shared humanity and beauty -- Provided by publisher.

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DNFed at 51%

December 20, 2022

Many of these poems were just okay, and I thought there was some overuse of metaphors that gets tiresome. But the poems that were commentary on identity, race, etc, were OUTSTANDING. Four stars just based on those.

December 15, 2021

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