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Category Archives: Books

The Books of July

July was a thin month for books. I had a week in Port Townsend for the Centrum writer’s con­fer­ence and some per­son­al issues to attend to. But I did get through a few things. Books I Read: The Hatred of Poetry — Ben Lerner (2016) The most often quot­ed bit in the reviews of this book … 

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Posted bylaraAugust 9, 2016March 12, 2018Posted inBooks, reviews2 Comments on The Books of July

The Books of June

Books I read in June: Cleaning Up New York — Bob Rosenthal (1976) Referred to as a cult clas­sic. I don’t get it. You expect a clean­ing mem­oir to have good sto­ries about clients and the occa­sion­al clean­ing tip. This one has both but does­n’t man­age to make either of them inter­est­ing. * I just don’t …

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Posted bylaraJuly 1, 2016March 12, 2018Posted inBooks, reviews

The Books of May

Reviews and mus­ings on: xo Orpheus, Best American Essays 2014, A Manual for Cleaning Women, On the Move, Murder on the Orient Express, and all of Harry Potter

Posted bylaraMay 31, 2016March 12, 2018Posted in#FridayReads, Books, reviews

The Books of April

Reviews of: Mirror, Mirror; Fairy Tale Review, Mr. and Mrs. Dog, A Plague of Doves, Flash Non-Fiction, Zero History, Hat Full of Sky, and some Harry Potter. 

Posted bylaraMay 6, 2016March 12, 2018Posted in#FridayReads, Books, reviewsTags: dogs, fairy tales, harry potter

The Books of March

Reviews of McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, Donaldson’s Culture Clash, Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection, and Valente’s The Orphan’s Tales. 

Posted bylaraApril 18, 2016March 12, 2018Posted in#FridayReads, Books, reviewsTags: book reviews

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