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I admit it: I didn’t get it. But then again, I got it like a hot stick between the eyes

Birthright by George Abraham

August 11, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have maybe 20-25 pages to go in Birthright and cannot finish George Abraham’s poetry collection. This has only happened once before, but that was because I was having a little trouble with the concepts of that other book. That poet had tossed out a lot of current events (just when they were starting to become hot/coming back into our consciousness) and there was a lot to absorb. This time it is for both similar and different reasons. This contradiction is throughout the book for […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: american, family, George Abraham, Middle Eastern, Places, Sexuality, Subjects & Themes

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:253 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: american, family, George Abraham, Middle Eastern, Places, Sexuality, Subjects & Themes ·
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Egyptian Nights

February 24, 2015 by Fofo Leave a Comment

Target: G. Willow Wilson’s Cairo.  Art by M.K. Perker Profile: Modern Fantasy, Urban, Middle Eastern, Graphic Novel Cairo is, in many ways, a prototype for G. Willow Wilson’s later novel, Alif the Unseen.  They are stories of clashing cultures. Both the complex internal clash between Islamic hardliners and the culturally diverse youth of the Middle East, and the more external, if no less complex conflict between encroaching western culture and the entrenched lifestyles of Muslims.  By necessity, Cairo is more spare, crashing through a much […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Cairo, CBR7, Fofo, G Willow Wilson, Graphic Novel, M.K. Perker, Middle Eastern, Modern Fantasy, Urban

Fofo's CBR7 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Cairo, CBR7, Fofo, G Willow Wilson, Graphic Novel, M.K. Perker, Middle Eastern, Modern Fantasy, Urban ·
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