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March 09
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Michelle
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June Jordan's Poetry for the People: A Revolutionary Blueprint (Paperback)
by June Jordan
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Michelle said:
"This is an excellent book for poets and teachers. June Jordan's mission is far reaching in this book, which teaches both the methods and philosophy behind writing (specifically poetry). Besides giving very useful information on how to formulate works...more
This is an excellent book for poets and teachers. June Jordan's mission is far reaching in this book, which teaches both the methods and philosophy behind writing (specifically poetry). Besides giving very useful information on how to formulate workshops, readings, collections of work (i.e. something like this book), there is a good amount of nicely crafted poetry and a wide range of voices within the collection. Two of my favorites in this book are "Poetry should ride the bus" by Ruth Forman and "June Jordan's Guidelines for Critiquing a Poem."...less
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Michelle
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Wreck This Journal (Paperback)
by Keri Smith
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Michelle said:
"I got this book for my younger cousin for christmas, and wound up picking up one for myself. It is fun, experimental, and celebrates the impulse to "draw outside the lines."
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March 08
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Michelle
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Six Memos for the Next Millennium/the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures 1985-86 (Vintage International)
by Italo Calvino
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Michelle said:
"A very interesting and concise book on aspects of writing. Calvino does so much within such a small space (i.e. a paragraph) that I find myself constantly rereading certain pages to extract meaning and connections. Sometimes dense, but infused with w...more
A very interesting and concise book on aspects of writing. Calvino does so much within such a small space (i.e. a paragraph) that I find myself constantly rereading certain pages to extract meaning and connections. Sometimes dense, but infused with wisdom and generosity....less
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Michelle
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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
by Natalie Goldberg
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Michelle said:
"This is an excellent book which ties Zen practice and Writing in very seamless way. It's all about process here, and though the book is somewhat dated (and I don't find all of her advice useful), I love the fact that this book exists and the Goldberg...more
This is an excellent book which ties Zen practice and Writing in very seamless way. It's all about process here, and though the book is somewhat dated (and I don't find all of her advice useful), I love the fact that this book exists and the Goldberg is so inspired and inspiring....less
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Michelle
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Naked (Paperback)
by David Sedaris
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Michelle said:
"Some of the stories in this book are just so funny, and I mean laugh-out-loud funny. "A Plague of Tics" is one of the best in this collection. Not every story can live up to that standard, but Sedaris sets a high bar for himself.
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Michelle
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'night, Mother: A Play (Mermaid Dramabook)
by Marsha Norman
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Michelle said:
"Amazing. A two-person full-length play is rather difficult to pull off, but Norman does that and more in this work. I love the dialogue and pacing of this play; it is emotional, but not sentimental. A shot is heard: It sounds like "no". Yes...more
Amazing. A two-person full-length play is rather difficult to pull off, but Norman does that and more in this work. I love the dialogue and pacing of this play; it is emotional, but not sentimental. A shot is heard: It sounds like "no". Yes ... a brilliant play....less
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Michelle
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Margaret Atwood Conversations (Paperback)
by Margaret Atwood
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Michelle said:
"This collection of interviews given by Margaret Atwood is illuminating. I would recommend this book to any writer who is simply interested in the innerworkings of other writer's perceptions. Atwood is a multi-genre writer and these interviews touch u...more
This collection of interviews given by Margaret Atwood is illuminating. I would recommend this book to any writer who is simply interested in the innerworkings of other writer's perceptions. Atwood is a multi-genre writer and these interviews touch upon many different aspects of her approach....less
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Michelle
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Blow-Up: And Other Stories (Paperback)
by Julio Cortazar
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short-stories
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Michelle said:
"This collection of stories is insanely beautiful. I read this book in awe of how Cortazar shapes the short story form. In fact, I think I just carried this book around with me for days, rereading passages that seemed so quiet, so powerful, that the e...more
This collection of stories is insanely beautiful. I read this book in awe of how Cortazar shapes the short story form. In fact, I think I just carried this book around with me for days, rereading passages that seemed so quiet, so powerful, that the effect is nothing short of amazing....less
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Michelle
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First, Body: Stories (Paperback)
by Melanie Rae Thon
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Michelle said:
"Although this is the only collection I have read from Melanie Rae Thon, I should look for more of her work. This collection of stories is brilliant; the use of language, space, and efficiency in these stories is just breath taking. Her stories wind a...more
Although this is the only collection I have read from Melanie Rae Thon, I should look for more of her work. This collection of stories is brilliant; the use of language, space, and efficiency in these stories is just breath taking. Her stories wind around you, building slowly, painfully. She has an excellent sense of story telling, and the stories she tells here shine with humanity. "He tries to be tender. He prays to be strong." ...less
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Michelle
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DEAR JOHN DEAR COLTRANE: POEMS (Poetry from Illinois)
by Michael S. Harper
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Michelle said:
"I love this collection of poetry by Michael S. Harper. There is a strong sense of the internal as well as the external. Jazz, love, tenderness, anger, and politics combine to form this eloquent and concise collection of poems. "There is evidence...more
I love this collection of poetry by Michael S. Harper. There is a strong sense of the internal as well as the external. Jazz, love, tenderness, anger, and politics combine to form this eloquent and concise collection of poems. "There is evidence / Ornate, and our hunger." ...less
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