Electric Arches

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Eve L. Ewing: Electric Arches (2017, Haymarket Books)

English language

Published Sept. 30, 2017 by Haymarket Books.

ISBN:
978-1-60846-869-0
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4 stars (5 reviews)

Blending stark realism with the surreal and fantastic, Eve L. Ewings narrative takes us from the streets of 1990s Chicago to an unspecified future, deftly navigating the boundaries of space, time, and reality. Ewing imagines familiar figures in magical circumstancesblues legend Koko Taylor is a tall-tale hero; LeBron James travels through time and encounters his teenage self. She identifies everyday objectshair moisturizer, a spiral notebookas precious icons.

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4 stars

I really wanted to love this collection, but for me it was "merely" excellent. I can't put my finger on it exactly, and I may have been a victim of my own expectations (I still give it 4 stars, it's really wonderful and everyone should pick up a copy), but it wasn't transcendent. And that's not a fair expectation to have.

Maybe it needs further readings to resonate with me, or maybe it won't. I'm 100% sold on Eve at least - she's the real deal.

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  • Poetry (poetic works by one author)