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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—๐—ถ๐—ด: ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ -

Chapbook by the former poet laureate of Prince Edward Island, a short collection of serenity and pastoral and reflective works. Part of my collection of readings gathered as I explored East Canada last summer.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ -

Sher sets out in what looks to be a pretty rigorous journey in empiricism and logic, working to align our fuzzy borders and frameworks for knowledge-making. This is the first major work I'm taking on in my research for my own next book!

AN EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF AUTOFICTION weaves together global disasters, personal tragedies, literary feuds, family eccentricities, and the oddly hallucinatory nature of both serious illness and sudden renown. Funny, poetic, allusive, strange. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/will-there-ever-be-another-you-patricia-lockwood/1146743832?ean=9780593718551

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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: "๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ -

Clarke's original Caribbean hybrid of history and myth is an act of art and decolonialization, of imagination and resistance to the mainstream, though not wholly penetrable to audiences beyond the island culture.

https://waywordsstudio.com/general/reviews/hardears-by-matthew-clarke/

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ -

I know little about this collection of essays and verse except that, since it's Hesse, it's as much reflection as observation; oh, and there's a lot of watercolor paintings by him!

A HIGH-TECH POST-APOCALYPTIC THRILLER combines effectively bleak worldbuilding with engaging characterization and some intriguing science speculation. Well crafted and propulsive. B PLUS

https://podiumentertainment.com/titles/43809/the-afterlife-project

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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: "๐—ข๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜ -

Walcott's epic poetic work is at once a refiguring of Homer and the colonial history of St. Lucia, of the indigenous everywhere, of the myths which mark poet and people. An extraordinary layering of all.

What a lovely review from Hayley-Jenifer! ๐Ÿ’™

If you're looking for the perfect cosy read to curl up to this Winter, Royally Half Elf is not to be missed โ˜•๐Ÿ˜Œ

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๐Ÿท๏ธ Secret royals
๐Ÿท๏ธ Fantasy sitcom
๐Ÿท๏ธ He falls first (hard, like the Titanic)

HAUNTING COLOMBIAN GOTHIC with a 1930s setting takes a classic โ€œmenacing houseโ€ plot and weaves in complex themes around colonialism, class privilege, and feminine power. Above all, landscape and architecture embody the horrors of the tale. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bochica-carolina-florez-cerchiaro/1146385140?ean=9781668062579

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—–๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฏ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐˜† ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น

"Bad Indians" are those who refuse to renounce their stories for the mass narrative. This new book helps us understand how to think about what we read, and how to approach indigenous history and literature. A highlight read for me!

A REVERED FAMILYโ€™S SECRETS come terrifyingly to light in a tense, gorgeously written tale of a Black church community in Mississippi. Evocative and deeply immersed in both horror and compassion, but characterization is what shines brightest. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dominion-addie-e-citchens/1146352441?ean=9780374609337

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๐™๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฌ: "๐˜ผ ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃ" ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™…๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™…๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™˜๐™š -

If we allow the novel to work on its own terms, and quit asking it to meet our expectations of a common coming-of-age story, we can find that the style itself reveals the experience we seek.

https://waywordsstudio.com/general/reviews/a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man/