{"id":15090,"date":"2026-04-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15090"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:12:07","slug":"q-is-for-questions-thinking-about-thinking-impossible-thoughts-and-complicated-feelings-by-grant-snider-poetry-book-review-a2z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15090","title":{"rendered":"Q is for questions THINKING ABOUT THINKING: Impossible Thoughts and Complicated Feelings, by Grant Snider (Poetry book review) #A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"847\" data-attachment-id=\"15197\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=15197\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thinking-About-Thinking.jpg?fit=920%2C1092&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"920,1092\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thinking About Thinking\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thinking-About-Thinking.jpg?fit=714%2C847&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thinking-About-Thinking.jpg?resize=714%2C847&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A person looks out a window at flowering branch and flying bird. On surrounding walls and ceiling are other windows with branch and bird where the same person lies on their stomach reading a book, sits with a cup of coffee while writing, and makes paper airplanes from book pages at night. On the floor is book title Thinking About Thinking: Impossible Thoughts and Complicated Feelings, by Grant Snider.\" class=\"wp-image-15197\" style=\"width:330px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thinking-About-Thinking.jpg?resize=863%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 863w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thinking-About-Thinking.jpg?resize=201%2C239&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thinking-About-Thinking.jpg?resize=126%2C150&amp;ssl=1 126w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Thinking-About-Thinking.jpg?w=920&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>April is Poetry Month <a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/national-poetry-month-30th-anniversary\">https:\/\/poets.org\/national-poetry-month-30th-anniversary<\/a>, and art plus poetry gives us even more to contemplate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his latest collection, poet-artist Grant Snider walks around in his own head, as he overthinks, feels, seeks, thinks the impossible, thinks circularly, can&#8217;t sleep, dreams, and exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each section includes several poems, each arrayed in comics-style panels on one to two pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within &#8220;I think, therefore I feel&#8221; section, you&#8217;ll find &#8220;How To Be a Circle,&#8221; then &#8220;How To Be a Triangle,&#8221; and &#8220;How To Be a Square,&#8221; followed by &#8220;Emotional Tetris&#8221; (pg. 35), with illustrations in the style that fits the poem&#8217;s title:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I try to keep my feelings in order<br \/>so when a new one comes\u2026<br \/>I know how to handle it.<br \/>But when so many happen at once\u2026<br \/>they stop making sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A thoughtful collection for teens and adults by the author of <em>Poetry Comics<\/em>  for middle grade readers, recommended here: <a href=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14435\">https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14435<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you write poetry about your feelings?<br \/>**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: Thinking About Thinking: Impossible Thoughts and Complicated Feelings \/ words and art by Grant Snider. Abrams Comic Arts, 2025. [author site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantsnider.com\/\">https:\/\/www.grantsnider.com\/<\/a>] [publisher site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abramsbooks.com\/product\/thinking-about-thinking_9781419776588\/\">https:\/\/www.abramsbooks.com\/product\/thinking-about-thinking_9781419776588\/<\/a>] Personal copy; cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April is Poetry Month https:\/\/poets.org\/national-poetry-month-30th-anniversary, and art plus poetry gives us even more to contemplate. In his latest collection, poet-artist Grant Snider walks around in his own head, as he overthinks, feels, seeks, thinks the impossible, thinks circularly, can&#8217;t sleep, dreams, and exists. 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