𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗢𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 -

An epic poetic work of seven small volumes combined as quest, immigration challenge, and literary escape, multiple themes interweaving in probably Walcott's greatest work.

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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 6 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓: 𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕: 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 -

Where we've been and where we're going, and we take a pause in a museum gallery, too!

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/signpost-pretty-gardens-in-paint/

#podcast #literature #books #poetry #bookworm #literacy #book #read #readreadread #thomasgainsborough #andrewmarvell #ursulakleguin

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿" 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘇 -

One of the most unique quest stories in a Caribbean-themed fantasy--and maybe one of the most unique love stories, too.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆” 𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗞. 𝗗𝗶𝗰𝗸 -

Early post-apocalypse pulp by Dick still offers some pioneering warnings about machine learning and the human civilization's capacity for self-cannibalism.

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𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 / 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹𝘀 -

The stark lives of workers in 1980s Detroit, Daniels's poetry is both distant and personal, barren but resonant.

https://youtu.be/bNfejSbaVyU

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗣𝗲𝘁" 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗸𝘄𝗮𝗲𝗸𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝘇𝗶 -

What utopia? And underneath our complacency, as ever, are monsters we refuse to see or name.

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𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 -

Goldberg's hybrid travelogue/haiku mission is successful in each, revealing haiku's wonder with authenticity. The opening chapter alone is worth the price of the book.

https://youtu.be/yWoWoAQjIXI

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #nataliegoldberg #threesimplelines #travelogue #japan #haiku #writing #poetry #poetrywriting #basho #busan

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗭𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀” 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗰 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗸 -

Delightful children's tales in an old folk tradition are still enough for adults to wax nostalgic, too.

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 & 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗻 -

Another follow-up reading after taking on Magic Mountain last year! Too long on the TBR pile!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #quotes #reading #thomasmann #deathinvenice #shortstory

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 - "𝗔 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗻" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝘆𝗰𝗲 -

Been a few years on this one! And since I read Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake a little bit ago, maybe I'll wind my way backwards!

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𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄" 𝗯𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 -

Berry offers another in a series of well-written fictional memoirs of idyllic small town American in pastorale bliss, where the only thing wicked is the outside world of the 20th century and heterogeneity.

https://youtu.be/-4qcGDvd6Io

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #wendellberry #jaybercrow #fiction #portwilliam

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗦𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆” 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 -

Bellow's brief and incisive novel of a single day at the end of a series of "carpe diem" failures offers an ambiguous and elusive escape from tragedy; worth every moment of reflection on it.

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #3words #saulbellow #seizetheday #existentialism #carpediem #modernism #novella

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗜𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵" 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 -

A philologist and storyteller takes on the reconstruction of the Sumerian tale of Inanna to powerful success, replete with enlightening essays to support her work.

https://youtu.be/vwsab4YfhgI

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #dianewolkstein #inannaqueenofheavenandearth #sumerianmythology #mesopotamia #akkadia #translation #mythology #inanna #ishtar

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗜𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮" 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗛. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 -

An original setting (!) and energized retelling of the most potent myth in ancient Sumer, fantasized unfortunately almost out of recognition.

https://youtu.be/mHTDJ_KWTyI

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #emilyhwilson #inanna #historicalfantasy #fantasy #sumerianstrilogy #gilgamesh

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹” 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗫𝗶𝗲 -

Xie's verse turns inward to juxtapose self against the places and barriers they create, leaving us untethered, unsolved.

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #3words #jennyxie #eyelevel #poetry

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗗𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗶𝗹𝗸𝗲 -

Rilke's mystical elegies of the divine spirit nearly overwhelm themselves in aethereal allure and anxiety: heavy verse that sometimes devolves to the non-sensical, sometimes to the maudlin, though wisps of enlightenment.

https://youtu.be/ioRCh1ILK7M

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝗻” 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴 -

A fresh graphic take on a classic Superman radioplay, it is unsurprisingly current and with a terrific lesson for the Man of Steel.

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #3words #geneluenyang #supermansmashestheklan #graphicnovel #racism #chineseimmigration #immigration #racism

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝘁𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗼 -

Hard-lived and ironically-distanced nostalgia, bleak pleas against violence and horror, Yevtushenko's early collection (his first to be translated to English) makes for fascinating immersion.

https://youtu.be/ACfmq3Q2zIw

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 / 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲” 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹𝘀 -

Daniels's first poetry reverie on life in Detroit in the 1970s and 1980s as the auto industry slows; not commentary, but nostalgic close-ups of characters and streets, poignant in its plainness and soot.

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #3words #jimdaniels #placeseveryone #detroit #autoindustry #workers #bluecollar #poetry #nostalgia #memoir

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲" 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗯 𝗔𝗯𝘂 𝗧𝗼𝗵𝗮 -

Toha's poetry from Palestine is less political than of experience, of the dread and sorrow equally that his words will also fade into silence.

https://youtu.be/n-lVpKaxr7E

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