Melissa answers “Can anyone tell me the age-appropriateness...”

Tiffany asked this question about Milk and honey:

Can anyone tell me the age-appropriateness for this title? I had a student request it for a high school library, and while it is obviously a very powerful read, I am wondering if it may be too mature and/or beyond the scope of our target patronage.

Melissa NO. I shared some of the 'poems' and images with adult friends and they were shocked by them and wouldn't read them. There are multiple pictures of nu…moreNO. I shared some of the 'poems' and images with adult friends and they were shocked by them and wouldn't read them. There are multiple pictures of nudity, sex, oral sex suggestion, fingering, and the poems are very sexual. Mentioning of moaning, thrusting, sex, being inside, and so on. Milk and Honey is her breast and vaginal juices. There is a poem that shows a hand getting ready to finger someone and there is 'honey' dripping down the fingers and she talks about how they went into and there was no honey.

This book is just twitter thoughts broken up in poetry spacing, filled with a adult erotic Sheldon Silverstein style minimalism, and just enough pretension that certain sheep are going to love it.

Our daughter is 14 and was shocked that the school would encourage students to read it. I shared in publicly and so so so many parents have been upset.(less)

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Gabriella Stutrud Exactly, I'm a high schooler myself and I picked this book up expecting deep meaningful poetry, yet it's nothing but vulgar descriptions of sex. I was ...more
May 19, 2025 10:40PM · flag

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