book-review

16
Mar
Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs

Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs

Gerald Murnane · ★★★★★ My first Murnane and certainly not my last. Oh man do I love this rambling fount of inspiration.
2 min read
16
Mar
Aerth

Aerth

Deborah Tomkins · ★★★★ Aerth is an interesting little read. It flies by in the suit of a genre tale, calling back
1 min read
16
Mar
Dogeaters

Dogeaters

Jessica Hagedorn · ★★★★ A fascinating collage of voices which sum to create an impression of Philippine life in the 50s and
1 min read
16
Mar
Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias

Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias

Marguerite Young · ★★★★ Question - what is the nature of experience - what dream among dreams is reality? Two utopian communities founded and
2 min read
16
Mar
Modern Poetry

Modern Poetry

Diane Seuss · ★★★★★ This is the first book of poetry I've read by Diane Seuss and I am floored.
1 min read
16
Mar
The Great Fires

The Great Fires

Jack Gilbert · ★★★★★ ...It is not about the spirit. The spirit dances, comes and goes. But the soul is nailed to
2 min read
16
Mar
The Brush: Poems

The Brush: Poems

Eliana Hernández-Pachón · ★★★★ La Mata, or The Bush, or The Brush, as translated by Robin Myers (who has provided a
1 min read
16
Mar
Sand

Sand

Wolfgang Herrndorf · ★★★ It didn't help that the big, famously inscrutable twist was for some fluke of insight, not
1 min read