I don't read much poetry -- this is the first book of poetry I've ever read -- so I know there was a lot that I missed in this book, but I really enjoyed it. The topic was fascinating to me, as a musician primarily, but also as a person who is interested in racial equality in my country and in my career field. Some of the poems were really beautiful, some I didn't get, but I think that's more my inexperience with poetry than the author's skill with it.