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The Beggar Maid by Alice Munro
You can order the book and determine for yourself if it’s worth the hype here. Image Credit: Penguin Random House. Being a raging nonconformist, I’m immediately skeptical of anything that has accrued heaps and heaps of praise. I went tentatively into Jesus’ Son after reading the 10+ rave reviews in the front cover of my Continue reading
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feeld by Jos Charles
Find the award-winning collection here. Image credit: Milkweed Editions Somehow the unique spelling and language Jos Charles uses throughout feeld is capable of alluding to so many different influences at once while also being completely singular. When I look at the words on these pages, I think of so many things: Chaucerian English, as the Continue reading
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I Know Your Kind by William Brewer
Image credit: Milkweed Editions I have mixed feelings about this poetry collection. On one hand, it addresses a hugely consequential yet underrepresented issue in our society by speaking plainly about opioid addiction. It was selected by Ada Límon, who I, of course, respect deeply. The book has a succinct coldness represented both formally and by Continue reading
