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Tag Archives: pain
Winter Journal
Winter Journal is a memoir by Paul Auster, © Henry Holt 2012
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged body, book review, contemporary memoir, gender, loneliness, love, memoir, new york city, pain, perspective, physical experience, physical space, second person
2 Comments
The Convalescent
The Convalescent is a novel by Jessica Anthony, © McSweeney’s Books 2010
Posted in Book Review
Tagged America, book review, butchering, butchers, change, communication, connection, contemporary fiction, destiny, fate, fiction, health, history, Hungarian, Hungarian history, immigrant American experience, immigrant experience, loneliness, meat, medication, midgets, mutes, novel, odd, pain, perspective, quirky, reality, transformation
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Sinners Welcome
Sinners Welcome is a collection of poetry (plus a bonus essay) by Mary Karr, © Harper Perennial 2006
Posted in Book Review
Tagged America, american themes, book review, Catholicism, childhood, contemporary poetry, conversion, God, grief, loss, love, pain, poetry, power, religion, retrospective, transformation, violence
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Bewilderment
Bewilderment is a collection of poems and translations by David Ferry, © University of Chicago Press 2012
Posted in Book Review
Tagged book review, classics, confusion, contemporary poetry, death, form, grammar, knowledge, loneliness, loss, love, mythology, national book award, pain, poetry, potential, reading process, supernatural, translations
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Train Dreams
Train Dreams is a novel by Denis Johnson, © Picador 2011 Oh, and a demonstration of how small and adorable this book is!
Posted in Book Review
Tagged Ameircan West, America, book review, contemporary fiction, death, fiction, forest fires, loneliness, nature, novella, pain, solitude, Steinbeck
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Water Puppets
Water Puppets is a collection of poetry by Quan Barry, © University of Pittsburgh Press 2011
Posted in Book Review
Tagged America, Antarctic, beginnings, book review, contemporary poetry, death, Eden, endings, Garden of Eden, guilt, ice, ideology, iraq war, long form, pain, poetry, politics, puppetry, storytelling, Vietnam, violence, war, water puppetry
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The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands
The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands is a collection of poetry by Nick Flynn, © Graywolf Press 2011
Posted in Book Review
Tagged abu ghraib, book review, contemporary, contemporary poetry, emotional weight, knowledge, language, nick flynn, pain, perspective, poetry, testimony, violence, witness
5 Comments
Stutter
Stutter is a collection of poems by William Billiter, © University of Georgia Press 2011 If once a week just isn’t enough Brave Little Books for you, follow me on Facebook and Twitter where I’ll be updating you with brief … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged book review, boredom, contemporary poetry, debut, free verse, pain, poetry, violence
10 Comments
Bed
Bed is a novel by David Whitehouse, © Scribner 2011.
Posted in Book Review
Tagged bed, book review, brother, contemporary fiction, debut, emotional weight, fiction, inventor, lonely, love, obesity, pain, suicide, weight
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The Illumination
The Illumination is a novel by Kevin Brockmeier, © Pantheon Books 2011. Note: Looks like Brockmeier doesn’t have his own website but you can find out more about the book by clicking the publishers link. It goes directly to Random … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged awkward, contemporary fiction, knowledge, lonely, love, novel, pain
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