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Underdog Days
A Reedsy Discovery Review Carlos Lerma is a poet, and he knows it. He is also an artist and letter writer, and you, lucky reader, get to experience Carlos in all of his imperfect perfection. The collection has numerous standouts; eventually I had to stop highlighting favorites. “Dependent,” a poem …
A Memoir of the Kalyug
Kamaljit Kaur 2022 This review was written for and originally published on Reedsy Discovery. Kamaljit was born in the UK, the youngest daughter of Sikh parents who emigrated from the Punjab region in India before she was born. Sickly as a child and frequently hospitalized, she was treated with kindness …
The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune 2020 I’ve written a few discussion questions that may be helpful for your book group. Maybe you’re living your life in color. It could be that you’re anticipating today’s interactions with pleasure: catching up with friends, having coffee with your spouse, meeting your parents or children for lunch, …
Flap Trap and Other Stories
Alistair Moore 2022 I reviewed this book for Reedsy Discovery. From a talking monkey to a talking vagina, Alistair Moore presents the reader with short stories that are part social commentary, part character study, and part dystopian fantasy, in varying degrees. Other readers, and even the author, may disagree, but …
The Small Rain
Madeleine L’Engle – 1945 Katherine Forrester has a few strikes against her – a slight limp resulting from an injury in her toddler years, a mother who is absent for three years before returning to Katherine’s life, and social awkwardness that makes life terrible at her Swiss boarding school. (This …
French Braid
Anne Tyler 2022 I’ve written discussion questions, free for use in your book club. When Mercy Garrett paints a “house portrait” she highlights one small aspect of a home in minute detail. The doorknob, nightgown, chair leg is drawn into crystal focus, surrounded by vague shapes and colors that suggest …