Yin Mountain is a translation of poetry from three Daiost women in 8th and 9th century China. There’s a fair bit of background provided on …
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Book Review – Nightcrawling, by Leila Mottley
Nightcrawling is the first novel and an Oprah Book Club pick by Leila Mottley, 2018 Poet Laureate of Oakland. It also was long-listed for the …
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It’s, like, incredible, a poem….
Book Review – The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, by Shehan Karunatilaka
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker. The narrator is a photographic journalist in Sri Lanka who has just …
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Parts and labor, a poem…
Book Review, Lucy by the Sea, by Elizabeth Strout
Lucy by the Sea is another Lucy Barton novel by Elizabeth Strout set during COVID, and Lucy is quarantining with her ex-spouse. If you liked …
Continue ReadingBook Review, The Faraway World, by Patricia Engel
The Faraway World is a collection of ten short stories by award-winning Patricia Engel, nine of which previously appeared in top literary magazines. The stories …
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