writing
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Thank you very much NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this ARC of April Davila’s book sit. write. here. Take a book about writing: all the fun, fulfillment, and frustration; add in solid, science-backed benefits of meditation, and season with a dash of humor, and you have April Davila’s excellent book sit. write. here. This…
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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 Aurora Metro Books for the ARC of “Charlotte Bronte’s Psyche” by Elizabeth Imlay. The parallels Elizabeth Imlay draws between Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre” and the myth of Cupid and Psyche are fascinating. I have lost count of how many times I have read “Jane Eyre” (it’s my favorite book), and…
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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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I missed another day; working on the house renovations took over the whole day. (Until we got back to the apartment, where I stayed awake long enough to shower and eat!) Anyway, here are two poem for your Monday. We are almost at the end of National Poetry Month. I hope you have enjoyed 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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I first read Bhanu Kapil’s The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers in college and I was absolutely enthralled. This was poetry I had never seen before, formless and unstructured. It struck me in a way I couldn’t explain, and changed how I wrote poetry. A month from now. A week from now. Tomorrow. When he goes.…
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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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I came here so that theI came to be equal in surprise toI came empty-handed before being driedI am a poisonous epochI was at four a shape of love and reasonI was at fifteen capable of heinous pityI’m not so foolish as toI think at 34 that I know who the best poets areI saw…
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So, I didn’t forget to post poetry on my birthday but did manage to miss the day after. Go figure. Here are two poems to make up for yesterday’s loss. I even chose a great one for April 17 in honor of the New Moon. Better late than never, I guess. New Moon by Ted…
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