poetry review
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Thank you NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for the ARC of Heidi Becker’s debut poetry collection Once Upon a Midnight Scroll! Have you ever read a book and felt like the author had looked into your mind and then wrote down everything they saw there but in a way that made so much more sense…
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Thank you NetGalley and ACTE IV for the review copy of “Dear Ophelia.” I understand what the author was trying to do with this book, but it didn’t work. It feels like it is trying to masquerade as a self-help book in verse but is afraid to go onto the dance floor. This is the…
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Thank you NetGalley and Random House for the ARC of Fatimah Asghar’s beautiful collection of poetry Daughter of the Mountains. It is greatly appreciated. I can definitively say that Daughter of the Mountains by Fatimah Asghar is the best book I have read so far this year. Asghar’s poetry is absolutely beautiful, full of emotion.…
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Thank you NetGalley and Viking Penguin for the ARC of Whitney Hanson’s newest poetry collection The Love of My Life. So many poems in Whitney Hanson’s new collection hit close to home. Sometimes I had to step away for a few minutes to center myself; at the same time, I was relieved that there was…
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Book two of my SRL is Chera Hammons’ stunning poetry collection Birds of America. Thank you NetGalley and Random House for the ARC of Birds of America. It is greatly appreciated! It is rare that I rate a book five stars, but this is a truly beautiful collection of poetry and more than deserves it.…
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Thank you NetGalley and Central Avenue Publishing for the ARC of Michelle Awad’s poems “Sudden Seances.” Michelle Awad writes in a variety of styles; each poem is crafted in such a way as to best present its its message. The line breaks and stanzas force the reader to carefully weigh what they have read. Awad…
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Thank you NetGalley and University of Iowa Press for the ARC of “Full-Time Mammal” by Rennie Ament. This is a great collection of free verse poetry. Rennie Ament writes in a direct, take-charge voice that keeps readers engaged and wanting to know what she will say next. I really like the poem “Now” at the…
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Here is another collections of books I have recently read, courtesy of NetGalley. *** Dark is When the Devil Comes by Daisy Pearce This book is creepy as hell. Not quite nightmare-inducing, but not far from it. When Hazel returns to her hometown following a failed marriage, she is struggling to adapt to the next…
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As usual, I have managed to read faster than I write, and I have fallen behind on my NetGalley reviews. Here is a handful for you to peruse and see if any appeal to you. More are to come over the next few days! *** Traversal by Maria Popova I have been a fan of…
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Thank you NetGalley and Farrar, Straus and Giroux for the review copy of “In the Blood” by Carl Phillips. I am not familiar with Carl Phillips’ work, which is an embarrassing admission to have to make as he is a Pulitzer Prize winner and the recipient of several other literary awards. “In the Blood” was…
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