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Buzzed Books #71: Earthling
Buzzed Books #71 by Will Rincon James Longenbach’s Earthling Few poetry collections can connect with both poetry aficionados and newcomers alike the way Earthling does. Professor and critic, James Longenbach exemplifies contemporary poetry with his fifth collection, one that draws readers in with simplicity into the themes of childhood, mothers, and nihilism. The speakers of these poems Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #70: Pulse/Pulso: In Remembrance of Orlando
Buzzed Books #70 by Amy Watkins Pulse/Pulso: In Remembrance of Orlando, edited by Roy G. Guzmán and Miguel M. Morales In the aftermath of tragedy, there’s poetry. I don’t know if that’s a universal truth, but it looks like one. Gregory Orr says that poetry exists at the threshold, which is why we feel compelled Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #69: Home After Dark
Buzzed Books #69 by Joshua Begley David Small’s Home After Dark We often forget that growing up is a terrifying process. As adults, looking at children, all we can see is the amazing vistas of possibility. A child has the potential to be anything, and when you’re long past childhood, that plethora of potentiality is Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #68: Selected Poems (1950-2012)
Buzzed Books #68 by Freesia McKee Adrienne Rich’s Selected Poems: 1950-2012 When I was a 19-year-old gender studies major, I took my first poetry class. Writing my first burgeoning poems, I tried to connect my lived experiences to what I was learning about feminism. Mid-semester, I had an individual conference with the professor. He asked Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #67: Essential Essays (Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry)
Buzzed Books #67 by Freesia McKee Adrienne Rich’s Essential Essays: Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry In college, I learned as a gender studies major that feminism encourages us to understand our lives in the context of larger social movements. Situating our experiences within larger trends helps sustain emotional and psychological survival. Adrienne Rich’s Essential Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #66: The Ghost Script
Buzzed Books #66 by Joshua Begley Jules Feiffer’s The Ghost Script Reading Jules Feiffer’s The Ghost Script (Liveright, 2018) will make you angry, and that’s a good thing. Set in the 1950s in Hollywood during the House UnAmerican Activities Committee—also known as the Red Scare—also known as a farce that ruined many people’s lives—the story Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #65: 1776
Buzzed Books #65 by Chuck Cannini 1776 For Serialbox.com, the Associated Press collaborated to write an episodic series about the lives of farmers, accountants, teachers, and high school dropouts from a certain thirteen colonies in the fateful year of 1776. This is one for history buffs, but the readership should not stop there. The chapters are Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #64: Destruction of Man
Buzzed Books #64 by Amy Watkins Abraham Smith’s Destruction of Man It’s been said that writers who try to appeal to everyone are likely to appeal to no one. This is not a problem Abraham Smith needs to fear, and I mean that as a compliment. Smith’s Destruction of Man(Third Man Books, 2018), a decidedly Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #63: Somebody with a Little Hammer
Buzzed Books #63 by Aurora Huiza Mary Gaitskill’s Somebody with a Little Hammer Somebody with a Little Hammer is easy to read. Gaitskill’s writing is effortless, eloquent, and fairly accessible. But her content is uneasy. She tackles date rape and Linda Lovelace as well as Bjork and the Talking Heads. In much of her fiction, including Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #62: Spill
Buzzed Books #62 by Stephanie Porven Kelle Groom’s Spill Kelle Groom’s Spill begs to be read by candlelight in a dark room. Groom’s poems, many of which are narrative, read as almost autobiographical in their expression of her speaker’s struggle with fears that prey on all of us at some point in our lives: fear of Continue reading
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