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Tag Archives: perspective
You Are Not Dead
You Are Not Dead is a collection of poetry by Wendy Xu, © Cleveland State University Poetry Center 2013
Posted in Book Review
Tagged abstract, book review, contemporary poetry, death, loneliness, perspective, poetry, power, power dynamics
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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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Autobiography of Us
Autobiography of Us is a novel by Aria Beth Sloss, © Henry Holt 2013
Posted in Book Review
Tagged America, book review, California, choice, contemporary fiction, debut, feminism, fiction, gender, gender revolution, loneliness, love, memory, perspective, retrospective, social causes, social revolution, women
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Leaving the Atocha Station
Leaving the Atocha Station is a novel by Ben Lerner, © Coffee House Press 2011
Posted in Book Review
Tagged abstract, American experience, art, authenticity, book review, boredom, contemporary fiction, contemporary novel, emotional weight, fiction, language, living abroad, loneliness, Madrid, novel, perspective, poetry, power, reality, Spain, translation, travel, urban space, writing process
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American Appetites
American Appetites is a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, © Harper & Row 1989
Posted in Book Review
Tagged book review, contemporary fiction, court, death, domestic space, domestic violence, existentialism, fear, feast, fiction, loneliness, novel, perspective, power, power dynamics, relationships, violence
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Flight Behavior
Flight Behavior is a novel by Barbara Kingsolver, © HarperCollins 2012
Posted in Book Review
Tagged adaptation, adultery, American south, book review, Christianity, contemporary fiction, culture, emotional weight, feminism, fiction, global warming, knowledge, loneliness, love, marriage, miracle, novel, perspective, power, reality, religion, southern culture, supernatural, women, women's issues
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Memoirs of a Porcupine
Memoirs of a Porcupine is a novel by Alain Mabanckou and translated by Helen Stevenson, © Soft Skull Press 2012
Posted in Book Review
Tagged African literature, animals, book review, contemporary fiction, emotional weight, fiction, French African literature, guilt, novel, oral storytelling, pace, perspective, porcupine, responsibility, serial killer, supernatural, superstition, transcript, translation, violence
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