Write on, Mr. Rushdie.
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Write on.
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t o d d w a r n e r rated Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder: 5 stars
t o d d w a r n e r rated Trackers: 4 stars
t o d d w a r n e r finished reading Trackers by Charles Frazier
t o d d w a r n e r rated Road: a Graphic Novel Adaptation: 4 stars
t o d d w a r n e r finished reading Road: a Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet
t o d d w a r n e r finished reading The Wait by Jackie Dove-Miller
The Wait by Jackie Dove-Miller
The Wait is a novel that explores what attracts people to the opposite sex. Angel Stevenson, the main character, has …
t o d d w a r n e r wants to read You Are Here by Ada Limón
You Are Here by Ada Limón
Published association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, a singular …
t o d d w a r n e r rated Old Crimes: and Other Stories: 4 stars
t o d d w a r n e r finished reading Old Crimes: and Other Stories by Jill McCorkle
t o d d w a r n e r reviewed Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front …
blown away by this fever dream
5 stars
Wow.
It took me a minute to sink into the third person present PoV and the lack of paragraphs and dialogue marks and the certain Irishness of the prose. And then ... suddenly … I found myself swept away by this fevered dream of a mother struggling to scrape out a bit of sanity in an insane and tragic world, mama-bearing her way through as best she can.
Wow.
You have never read a story like this and will never again. I highly, highly recommend this.
Wow.
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Oh, by the way, this won the Booker Prize in 2023.
t o d d w a r n e r finished reading Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB …
t o d d w a r n e r finished reading Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter …
It won the Pulitzer. I can see why. The prose is spectacular. Night Watch is a story of how trauma is experienced in so many ways and how, in the end, we cope. This book was a four star for until the wrap up. SPOILER? It felt like the author struggled and … forced THE ending. Otherwise, an impressively created story.
t o d d w a r n e r rated Night Watch: 3 stars
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic …
t o d d w a r n e r reviewed Fracture City by Steve Cushman
A collection of short stories.
Thoughtful. thought-provoking, and heartfelt
5 stars
"The night was loud with frogs and cicadas competing for space."
That line from this volume is, perhaps, an apropos characterization of the swirling thoughts, feelings, and conflicted actions and intentions that then highlight the beats of our lives.
I love a good short story collection and this one did not disappoint. Cushman writes with such earnestness. He writes with a yearning for understanding and meaning in a crazy world of relationships forged by serendipity and an effort to make it all work.