I received some great titles last week. I'm excited to read them all, and only wish there were more hours in a day and less housework needing to be done. I used to be a speed-reader, but notice that ability dissipated somewhere between the ages of 28-30.
I do relish my books more, and maybe that has a lot to do with how long it takes me to get through one page. I make notes, and look up at the ceiling, pondering characters, their motivations, and the writer behind the curtain.
All books I received this week were given to me in exchange for a review.
Author: Julie Hanson
Description:
Julie Hanson’s award-winning collection, Unbeknownst, gives us plainspoken poems of unstoppable candor. They are astonished and sobered by the incoming data; they are funny; they are psychologically accurate and beautifully made. Hanson’s is a mind interested in human responsibility—to ourselves and to each other—and unhappy about the disappointments that are bound to transpire (“We’ve been like gods, our powers wasted”). These poems are lonely with spiritual longing and wise with remorse for all that cannot last.
Title: Cloud of Ink
Author: L.S. Klatt
Description:
On the surface, L. S. Klatt’s poems are airy and humorous—with their tales of chickens wandering the highways of Ohio and Winnebago trailers rolling up to heaven and whales bumping like watermelons in a bathtub—but just under the surface they turn disconcertingly serious as they celebrate the fluent word.
Title: To Begin Again
Author: Jen Knox
Description:
To Begin Again is a collection of short stories and narrative essays. Each piece herein focuses on those small decisions that can, often unexpectedly, lead to monumental transitions in a person's life.
Knox examines the beauty of unexpected and unconventional romance, the connections that keep us near our family despite distance, and the delicate shift between anger and acceptance.
Author: Camilla Lackberg
Description:
Hope your mailbox was as full as mine!
