true, i no longer have a bookstore. but—there’s nothing to say i can’t write a 2017 roundup anyway! here are some books & one-offs i have loved this year each book is linked to indiebound to purchase in yr city no indies near you? many of them ship! or there’s always yr local library ❤Continue reading “a year in reading”
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review: A TWENTY MINUTE SILENCE FOLLOWED BY APPLAUSE by shawn wen
This review was originally published at Plougshares on 8.15.17 Odd and delightful, A Twenty Minute Silence Followed By Applause is an artful character study, entertaining portrait, and comprehensive investigation of a great modern myth. full review here
review: IN FULL VELVET by jenny johnson
This review was originally published at Ploughshares on 2/3/17 The trope with invoking the muses is that it is always a request. Whether it is pleading or demanding, pedantic or indignant, the epic tale is something owed. For her debut collection In Full Velvet, poet Jenny Johnson’s address begins with “Thank you,” and it isContinue reading “review: IN FULL VELVET by jenny johnson”
interview w/ wendy s walters
The story you remember from history class is not, should not, cannot, be the only story.
