Buzzed Books
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Buzzed Books #98: The Anchored World: Flash Fairy Tales and Folklore
Buzzed Books #98 by Bethany Duvall Jasmine Sawers’ The Anchored World: Flash Fairy Tales and Folklore The title story of Jasmine Sawers’ The Anchord World, Flash Fairy Tales and Folklore suggests that the book is for those of us condemned to live in this world, where heroes don’t have sharp enough wits or weapons to bring down the… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #97: Fiona Benson’s Vertigo and Ghost
Buzzed Books #97 by Brian Salmans Fiona Benson’s Vertigo and Ghost In a bookshop interview a few years ago, Fiona Benson said, “I think I have always been a little bit violent.” The audience laughed, mildly, maybe as thrown off by her soft-spoken and questioning tone as I was. Did she mean that? After all,… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #96: Topics of Conversation
Buzzed Books #96 by Samantha Nickerson Miranda Popkey’s Topics of Conversation In March 2020, I was in New York City for vacation. I found myself in a bookstore on 34th Street. After looking at every shelf (because I’m compulsive), I found Miranda Popkey’s debut novel, Topics of Conversation, on display at the storefront. I devoured… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #95: The Art of Soul, The Art of Raya and the Last Dragon, and The Art of Luca
Buzzed Books #95 by John King The Art of Soul, The Art of Raya and the Last Dragon, and The Art of Luca As a lifelong fan of Disney films, there’s not much nostalgia in my obsession. I have never found ways to make Condorman, The Fox and the Hound, or Herbie Does a Thing… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #94: Nana Nketwi’s Walking on Cowrie Shells
Buzzed Books #94 by Jan Elizabeth Watson Walking on Cowrie Shells by Nana Nketwi As any writer knows, the quality of voice is sometimes elusive. It is something that you either have and can develop further or do not have until you begin to locate it within yourself. Nana Nkweta’s debut collection, Walking on Cowrie Shells (Graywolf Press),… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #93: Love and Errors
Buzzed Books #93 by Wanda Fuentes Kimberly Dark’s Love and Errors Kimberly Dark’s Love and Errors is an extremely compelling read that is enjoyable despite its heavy themes. Emotions rage on each page as victims, survivors, abusers, and bystanders perceive abuse differently, speaking to each other and themselves in the midst of being. Dark creates a world… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #92: Red Comet: Heather Clark’s The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
Buzzed Books #92 by Jan Elizabeth Watson Heather Clark’s Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath at nineteen, smiling broadly, her face scrunched into what Ted Hughes once described as a “tight ball of joy.” It was the photo on The Bell Jar’s back cover that hooked me first. Below that, a paragraph-long bio… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #91: Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird
Buzzed Books #91 by Chuck Cannini Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway A friend of mine paced in his living room one evening. Bill O’Reilly spoke to him from a television screen; something about a man named George Zimmerman, who had fatally shot African-American teenager Trayvon Martin. What mattered was how this friend of… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #90: Enchantée
Buzzed Books #90 by JD Langert Gita Trelease’s Enchantée Diving into the world of Gita Trelease’s Enchantée will bewitch you into wanting more, but fade over time like the magic of Camille’s dress. Set in Paris, 1789, on the brink of the French Revolution, the story follows Camille Durbonne as she tries to navigate a world… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books 89: The World’s Desire (Ballantine 1977 edition)
Buzzed Books 89 by Mark Scroggins H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang’s The World’s Desire (Ballantine 1977 edition) The story behind this lurid paperback is fascinating, though not quite as fascinating as the book itself. In 1965, Ballantine Books issued a paperback edition of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, which had been published in hardcover… Continue reading
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