PositiveWorld Literature Today\"Reading Wade in the Water is an experience unlike any I’ve had before from a book of poetry. The way in which she mixes narrative poems with found or erasure poetry is built to a memorable effect as the book progresses ... The themes of America’s history of slavery and love come back again and again in contrasting waves that push against one another but stay apart like oil and water. The ride is engaging as Smith keeps you in the middle where you know what is inevitable but are still entranced as you watch it all take place through her words.\
