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Notes to Self: Essays by Emilie Pine

July 6, 2019 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

CBR11bingo The Collection This collection of essays by Emilie Pine was just released in the US but came out to much acclaim in Ireland last year. Pine, who is Associate Professor of Modern Drama at University College Dublin, has written six essays that relate to deeply personal issues for her, but which will resonate with women everywhere. In her author’s note, she writes that these essays began with a family crisis. Once the crisis passed,  …I discovered that I was still lost, still trying to […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, cbr11bingo, ElCicco, Emilie Pine, essay, feminism, non fiction, Notes to Self, The Collection

ElCicco's CBR11 Review No:26 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr11, cbr11bingo, ElCicco, Emilie Pine, essay, feminism, non fiction, Notes to Self, The Collection ·
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I have somehow become a woman who yells.

Florida by Lauren Groff

July 4, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR 11 – The Collection This is the National Book Award finalist collection by Lauren Groff, the author of Fates and Furies, a book that a lot of people loved and I thought was not good. This collection is better than that novel, but limited in other ways. Part of the reason that I didn’t like Fates and Furies is that there was an inconsistent tone, which had the novel straddling a line between realistic and unrealistic (either would be fine and good) but that […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Florida, lauren groff, The Collection

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:387 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, Florida, lauren groff, The Collection ·
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