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Thank you to Ecco and Netgalley for the Advanced Reader's Copy! Available Jan 2022 Sometimes a book wanders into your life at the perfect moment. This is one of those serendipitous occasions, where I just finished teaching Protest Literature in an English course at Louisiana State University. Told in beautiful prose, Imani Perry's South to America takes us to the heartland of the American South. Intertwining personal, political, and social histories, Perry takes on a journey through the Southern States. Elegant and emotional, the narrative commands our respect. South to America asks us to consider how the South is both a place of love and anguish, history and future and leads us to a deeper understanding of it means, truly, to be a Southerner.
Luminous and effervescent, Laurel Nakanishi's Ashore is a playful ode to her native Hawaii. Thinking of the shore as a multicultural melting pot, Nakanishi's poems defy boundaries, definition or form. This collection is a joy to read!
While I empathize with Catherine Pond's reminiscence about growing up queer, this collection did not speak to me personally. There was an underlying sense of stangnancy, perhaps in the repetition of the couplet form.
The Best American Poetry 2021
Terrance Hayes, Louise Glück, David Lehman, Tracy K. Smith, Henri Cole, Billy Collins, Louise Erdrich, Kevin M. Young
Thank you to Scribner and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader's Copy!
Now available.
Every once in a while, there will be a collection of poems that leaves you breathless, too stunned to speak. This is one of those collections. Each poem is a bullet shot straight to the heart, a ghost that lingers behind you, a spell cast over your mind. Bewitching and beguiling, the collection sings together if only to make you realize that there is, perhaps, some beauty in this cruel world, some measure of love and community admist structural inequities of the day.
Now available.
Every once in a while, there will be a collection of poems that leaves you breathless, too stunned to speak. This is one of those collections. Each poem is a bullet shot straight to the heart, a ghost that lingers behind you, a spell cast over your mind. Bewitching and beguiling, the collection sings together if only to make you realize that there is, perhaps, some beauty in this cruel world, some measure of love and community admist structural inequities of the day.
The Best American Poetry 2021
Terrance Hayes, Louise Glück, David Lehman, Tracy K. Smith, Henri Cole, Billy Collins, Louise Erdrich, Kevin M. Young
Thank you to Scribner and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader's Copy!
Now available.
Every once in a while, there will be a collection of poems that leaves you breathless, too stunned to speak. This is one of those collections. Each poem is a bullet shot straight to the heart, a ghost that lingers behind you, a spell cast over your mind. Bewitching and beguiling, the collection sings together if only to make you realize that there is, perhaps, some beauty in this cruel world, some measure of love and community admist structural inequities of the day.
Now available.
Every once in a while, there will be a collection of poems that leaves you breathless, too stunned to speak. This is one of those collections. Each poem is a bullet shot straight to the heart, a ghost that lingers behind you, a spell cast over your mind. Bewitching and beguiling, the collection sings together if only to make you realize that there is, perhaps, some beauty in this cruel world, some measure of love and community admist structural inequities of the day.
Thank you to FSG and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader's Copy!
Available Jan 25th
Fantastical and thoroughly queer, Morgan Thomas's debut collection Manywhere is an incredible feat. I absolutely loved all the twists and turns in each story and how Thomas challenges our perception of history. Each story is wholly unexpected yet perfect like a bite of a tart peach pie on a warm summer day, leaving a lingering sense of contentment. There is an underlying sense of celebration, of bringing to life those shadows we'd half see on the walls and giving them the same love and affection as anyone else. Just a thoroughly enjoyable book!
Available Jan 25th
Fantastical and thoroughly queer, Morgan Thomas's debut collection Manywhere is an incredible feat. I absolutely loved all the twists and turns in each story and how Thomas challenges our perception of history. Each story is wholly unexpected yet perfect like a bite of a tart peach pie on a warm summer day, leaving a lingering sense of contentment. There is an underlying sense of celebration, of bringing to life those shadows we'd half see on the walls and giving them the same love and affection as anyone else. Just a thoroughly enjoyable book!
Thank you to Simon and Schuster & NetGalley for the Advanced Reader's Copy!
Available July 5th 2022
Keya Das's Second Act is a remarkable work of fiction. With all the pathos and timing of an Indian drama series, the story follows the Das family, a group of Indian Americans living in New Jersey. When Shantanu Das finds his younger daughter's secret play in the attic, he is forced to reckon with a past he had thought he had left behind. in time, the family faces fears and dreams they had held onto for so long. One of the many things I admired about this book is the way Deb uses Bangla without transliterating the language. It is rare and beautifully done. The characters have so much depth that you almost wish they were real people you could call. This is a feel-good novel that will make you want to spend more time with your family!
Available July 5th 2022
Keya Das's Second Act is a remarkable work of fiction. With all the pathos and timing of an Indian drama series, the story follows the Das family, a group of Indian Americans living in New Jersey. When Shantanu Das finds his younger daughter's secret play in the attic, he is forced to reckon with a past he had thought he had left behind. in time, the family faces fears and dreams they had held onto for so long. One of the many things I admired about this book is the way Deb uses Bangla without transliterating the language. It is rare and beautifully done. The characters have so much depth that you almost wish they were real people you could call. This is a feel-good novel that will make you want to spend more time with your family!
Thank you to Simon and Schuster & NetGalley for the Advanced Reader's Copy!
Available July 5th 2022
Keya Das's Second Act is a remarkable work of fiction. With all the pathos and timing of an Indian drama series, the story follows the Das family, a group of Indian Americans living in New Jersey. When Shantanu Das finds his younger daughter's secret play in the attic, he is forced to reckon with a past he had thought he had left behind. in time, the family faces fears and dreams they had held onto for so long. One of the many things I admired about this book is the way Deb uses Bangla without transliterating the language. It is rare and beautifully done. The characters have so much depth that you almost wish they were real people you could call. This is a feel-good novel that will make you want to spend more time with your family!
Available July 5th 2022
Keya Das's Second Act is a remarkable work of fiction. With all the pathos and timing of an Indian drama series, the story follows the Das family, a group of Indian Americans living in New Jersey. When Shantanu Das finds his younger daughter's secret play in the attic, he is forced to reckon with a past he had thought he had left behind. in time, the family faces fears and dreams they had held onto for so long. One of the many things I admired about this book is the way Deb uses Bangla without transliterating the language. It is rare and beautifully done. The characters have so much depth that you almost wish they were real people you could call. This is a feel-good novel that will make you want to spend more time with your family!
Thank you to Random House and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader's Copy!
Available March 1st 2022.
Poetry gathers our dead. Through testaments, obituaries and allegories, Warsan Shire invites to sit with our ghosts. Whether honoring the girlhood we lost or in honor of a lost daughter, each poem in this collection is a stirring call to action. To love, to protect and to recognize our daughters as more precious than gold. To bless them, again and again.
Available March 1st 2022.
Poetry gathers our dead. Through testaments, obituaries and allegories, Warsan Shire invites to sit with our ghosts. Whether honoring the girlhood we lost or in honor of a lost daughter, each poem in this collection is a stirring call to action. To love, to protect and to recognize our daughters as more precious than gold. To bless them, again and again.
I absolutely abhorred this character. Not only is it tedious (really spending pages on and pages on the detailed descriptions of farming, seasons, etc.) but there's also an unrelenting sense of capitalism. Crusoe exploits absolutely everyone and everything. He kills so many "savages" and sells enslaved people. I didn't find anything redeeming about his character to be honest.