Wash by Ebony Stewart
Though available, I read via an online reader copy. I did not read all of the poems by Ebony Stewart in their collection Wash. This is because it is difficult to read poetry online for me and second, they were terribly intense and it was not something I really needed to immerse myself in at the time. However, I will find a finshed copy and just sit and read. Stewart has a passionate voice that needs to be slowly enjoyed. And I hope this does […]
Otherwise Known as Judy the Great: A Poetic Ode to Judy Blume by Selina Alko
Perhaps I should have waited to add Otherwise Known as Judy the Great: A Poetic Ode to Judy Blume by Selina Alko to my Best of This Year Reads list, but I did not know I was going to read it when I put my list together. Besides, it is all good as I will let you know here how FREAKING awesome this book is now. Due in February 2026 (perfectly timed as Blume’s birthday is the 12th of February) this book is set up […]
Metropolis by Thea von Harbou
Classic Sci-Fi: Should You Read It? is a self-imposed project in which I read pre-1990 science fiction novels and categorize them as “classis sci-fi you should read,” “classic sci-fi you should read if you’re all hardcore about it,” or “classic sci-fi you don’t have to read.” For background on my project, please see the introduction to my review of 1984. Metropolis was written by Thea von Harbou in 1923 in Germany in conjunction with the screenplay for the silent movie by her husband Fritz Lang, […]
Poukahangatus: Poems by Tayi Tibble
CBR15Passport, other country Tayi Tibble is a young woman from New Zealand. They are pretty, smart, serious, funny and did I mention young? She was born in 1995 (I have shoes older than her). Therefore, what does a not yet thirty-year-old know about life? Well, if Poukahangatus: Poems is any indication, a lot. The publisher description says she channels her Māori heritage and childhood, under what she calls “the red fog of memory.” I am not completely sure what she means, but I am going […]
Motherfield: Poems & Belarusian Protest Diary by Julia Cimafiejeva
At first, I had a little trouble getting into Motherfield: Poems & Belarusian Protest Diary. I was reading via my phone from Edelweiss (my go to for online reading as it is the only one I can really get to work on my dinosaur of a phone) and that meant my screen was as small as the Helvetica font at level 9! (That is tiny by the way.) And then I was able to sneak at lunch time a few minutes on my work computer. […]
Love at First Sight by Wislawa Szymborska
Love at First Sight is actually a 3.5 rating, as I admit, I really did not understand a single thing I read. I even read it twice. Okay, I lied, I do know this is about lovers and chance meetings (or were they), but at the same time, the subtleties are what make this book a slow read. Therefore, I took a second read. Then I read the publisher description and then got most of it. I can then safely say this is not a […]
