Something I found used in California and have been paging through
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Something I found used in California and have been paging through
A little #BookHaul from my morning in Manchester, and a visit to the Queer Lit bookshop. I hope to read these all in the first quarter of 2025. Well, I can dream, can't I? 🤔💭🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
pickBold and evocative. Pushkin immerses the reader in Russian life and a Russian winter with his lively words and biting wit. His hero left much to be desired but Russia was the heroine of the story.
#25Alive!
I‘ve not read this Ross Gay title yet but the #Gratitude quote here is from the titular poem in the book.💙
pick4⭐ This book is as pleasing to look at as it is to read. I love all the form poems within the work. While Bull was amusing, this work is definitely darker and sadder. The poems are strong and do an apt job of paying tribute to the tragic story of Joan of Arc.
A review of Walter DeCasseres' 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑩𝒐𝒚 by Charles Chaplin.
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pickA beautiful collection of works inspired by Harjo‘s ancestors‘ experience of the Trail of Tears, but covering far more ground than that from the deeply personal (the death of her mother) to the political to the invention of the saxophone. I found it accessible even as someone who hasn‘t read much poetry in the past couple years. And oddly hopeful and comforting despite its subject matter and our current political moment.
Beatrice #CatsOfLitsy
Probably my last #AuldLangSpine book this month (though others are on my TBR for later). This collection is proving to be beautiful, comforting, and timely all at the same time.
Enjoying a dirty chai latter and my usual egg and cheese on a cheddar chive biscuit before going over to care for my neighbor‘s cats.
"It's been January for months in both directions"
I absolutely love this poem by Martyr! author Kaveh Akbar you can find the full poem here:
https://apoemaday.tumblr.com/post/674030488568184832/wild-pear-tree
panThese poems weren't in the style of poetry I enjoy. Even still, they weren't great. I would find myself caught up in the rhythm and realize I had no idea what the poem was saying. Too often the meter seemed to dictate the diction, so you end up with "comrade" when "friend" would be more appropriate. She must've used the word "elfin" 30 times in 157 pages. Also, "wold" was a favorite. But, the kicker was "clomb" from the POV of a captured lion.
