For the record, I don’t really know how to review poetry, so this is probably going to be a very brief review. That said, Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman is excellent! I enjoyed seeing the different types of poems—there are some form poems, erasure poems, found poems, some metered and rhyming poems, …
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Top 10 Books I Read in 2020
Honestly, good riddance, 2020. Despite this year being utterly insane and pretty much terrible for so many reasons, I managed to read quite a bit. Never has the word “escapism” meant quite so much to me. I still tend to read a few genres most—fantasy, mythology, young adult—but I also tried some new things. I …
Book Review | Great Goddesses
Ah, mythology, I’ll always love you. In the poetry collection Great Goddesses, poet Nikita Gill examines, reinterprets, and re-frames the lives—both mortal and immortal—of Greek mythology, particularly those of the women. She gives a fresh perspective on these familiar tales, giving the often-sidelined women of the epics a chance to shine and tell their own …
Book Review | The Princess Saves Herself in This One
Amanda Lovelace’s The Princess Saves Herself in This One is a personal, almost diary-like poetry collection, divided into four parts. Each focuses on different stages of her life, from her childhood with an abusive mother, her time with bad relationships and losing family members, her journey to learning how to love and stand up for …
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Book Review | The Traveler’s Vade Mecum (ARC)
I received an advance reader's copy (ARC) of The Traveler’s Vade Mecum edited by Helen Klein Ross. Therefore, the version I read is just a proof and not the final version, so I won't quote directly and will keep my comments general. ARC from Red Hen Press This collection of poetry has an excellent concept: …
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