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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
by J.K. Rowling
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Rebecca said:
"They got better and better right up until the end. Rowling's books are the kind you can go back to over and over and over, written not just to become part of a child's bookshelf, but part of a child's life.
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Rebecca
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Education By Stone: Selected Poems (Paperback)
by João Cabral de Melo Neto, Richard Zenith
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Rebecca said:
"You know, it's a real pity we don't read more poetry in translation. There's a lot of twaddle out there about how you never get the 'real' experience of the poetry, but I think sometimes poetry isn't the real experience of poetry, anyway, so why let...more
You know, it's a real pity we don't read more poetry in translation. There's a lot of twaddle out there about how you never get the 'real' experience of the poetry, but I think sometimes poetry isn't the real experience of poetry, anyway, so why let that stop you? This stuff is totally captivating, for instance....less
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Rebecca
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The Buddha of Suburbia (Paperback)
by Hanif Kureishi
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Rebecca said:
"I love Hanif Kureishi. I think he's one of the best storytellers out there at the moment, and one of the only authors I can think of who can deal with serious subject matter (identity politics, racism, homosexuality) without ever taking himself or a...more
I love Hanif Kureishi. I think he's one of the best storytellers out there at the moment, and one of the only authors I can think of who can deal with serious subject matter (identity politics, racism, homosexuality) without ever taking himself or any of his characters too seriously; he holds the heartbreaking truths behind the stories and slightly cheeky view of life in general in close to perfect balance....less
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Rebecca
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The Silver Spoon (Hardcover)
by Phaidon Press
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Rebecca said:
"This is the book that all Italian brides get as a wedding present - it is the best and most complete guide to authentic Italian home cooking, and now it is available in English! The recipes are easy and the food comes out perfect every time. If you...more
This is the book that all Italian brides get as a wedding present - it is the best and most complete guide to authentic Italian home cooking, and now it is available in English! The recipes are easy and the food comes out perfect every time. If you have this book and Marcella's "Essentials," you have nearly everything you need to know about Italian cooking, short of a few years in Italy (and the insanely wonderful home-grown ingredients)....less
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Rebecca
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Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
by Irma S. Rombauer
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Rebecca said:
"This is the book to which I turn when I want to know how long to roast a stuffed chicken, whether or not the pork roast can be pink, how to make a loaf of holiday gingerbread, what to do to make a decent merangue, all the basic cookery techniques and...more
This is the book to which I turn when I want to know how long to roast a stuffed chicken, whether or not the pork roast can be pink, how to make a loaf of holiday gingerbread, what to do to make a decent merangue, all the basic cookery techniques and ingredients (for American cuisine, anyway), and the recipes are simple enough and well enough explained to make innovating and revising a simple and risk-free process. For everybody from the total beginner to the fairly accomplished risk-taker, this is pretty good. It's not Larousse Gastronomique or anything, But it's pretty damn useful....less
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Rebecca
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The Sonnets (Paperback)
by Ted Berrigan
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Rebecca said:
"Yay. Derek and I listened to these, amongst other poems, in his car on our way to Vegas last year. To this day, I cannot think of that trip without thinking of the line we both seemed to feel more or less summed up that little trip and each of our ...more
Yay. Derek and I listened to these, amongst other poems, in his car on our way to Vegas last year. To this day, I cannot think of that trip without thinking of the line we both seemed to feel more or less summed up that little trip and each of our lives in general at that particular cosmic juncture: "I took a pill. I feel ill/ but optimistic." ...less
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Rebecca
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Apostrophe (Misfits)
by Bill Kennedy, Darren Wershler-Henry
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Rebecca said:
"This is a crazy wonderful little book, each line beginning "you are" is its own imperative but as a study in accumulation, the collective is in fact an apostrophe to the you that is (or was originally) one specific person that could also be...more
This is a crazy wonderful little book, each line beginning "you are" is its own imperative but as a study in accumulation, the collective is in fact an apostrophe to the you that is (or was originally) one specific person that could also be and also is anyone and everyone. The text is, funnily enough, generated using internet search functions. Usually I would wrinkle my nose and say it sounds gimmicky, but considering the nature of the "you" and the apostrophe, it's actually kind of satisfyingly apt....less
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Rebecca
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Four Year Old Girl (Paperback)
by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
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Rebecca said:
"The kind of poet who doesn't just observe but actively attends to things, like the amazing notion that despite its resemblance to glass, there must be blood even in the wing of a dragonfly - that is my kind of poet. I LOVE these poems.
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Rebecca
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Vectors: Aphorisms & Ten-Second Essays (Paperback)
by James Richardson
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Rebecca said:
"These aphorisms are really marvelous, in the tradition not only of proverbs, like Blake's "Proverbs of Hell," but also of fragment. I love the idea of the fragment as a unit of poetry - Jim's book is also fantastic for teaching the idea of...more
These aphorisms are really marvelous, in the tradition not only of proverbs, like Blake's "Proverbs of Hell," but also of fragment. I love the idea of the fragment as a unit of poetry - Jim's book is also fantastic for teaching the idea of a poem as the form of a thought, which has been invaluable introducing students new to poetry to the essentially formless-form of free verse. One of my favorites from the book, "All stones are broken stones."...less
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Rebecca
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The Brass Girl Brouhaha (Paperback)
by Adrian Blevins
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Rebecca said:
"Adrian is possibly the most interesting person I have ever met. She was one of the fellows in my workshop at Sewanee this past summer, and one of the few people with whom I was able to grumble about the lack of aesthetic range at that conference, wi...more
Adrian is possibly the most interesting person I have ever met. She was one of the fellows in my workshop at Sewanee this past summer, and one of the few people with whom I was able to grumble about the lack of aesthetic range at that conference, without feeling like I had to explain that didn't mean I wasn't having a marvelous time. Not only that, but she is one of the best readers of poetry I have ever known - astute, articulate, always with an eye to all the possibilities a poem seems to hold. She's read everything, memorized most of it, and I think all these things show in the poems, which have the long conversational lines of a beat poem, but the language has both more levity and more gravity than the term "conversational" suggests. And the poems themselves are a record of a life and a series of emotional responses to it that are as complex and immediate and unapologetic as the poems themselves....less
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