All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg is a family saga centered around Victor, an abusive and criminal businessman who is about to die. …
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Haiku for World Temperance Day
Trump really said this….
If President Chester the Molester needs to go, read Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic, political poetry for a post-truth world, on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/author/mikewilsonwriter.com or …
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Book Review – Pagan Virtues: Poems, by Stephen Dunn
Pagan Virtues is the 19th book by Pulitzer-Prize winner Stephen Dunn. The poems are reflective, intellectual, and sardonic. Often they describe truths and observations about …
Continue ReadingBook Review – Clap When You Land, by Elizabeth Acevedo
Clap When You Land, the title of Elizabeth Acevedo’s first novel, refers to passengers clapping hands when a plane touches down, a custom popular among …
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Book Review – Cleanness, by Garth Greenwell
Cleanness is Garth Greenwell’s second book. The protagonist is a gay expatriate American writer teaching in Bulgaria. The book consists of chapters that are stories …
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