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Octavio Solis
Octavio Solis is on page 38 of 128 of A Year of Last Things: Poems
Exquisite poetry for a solitary evening, accompanied by Vasks and a steaming kettle in the kitchen.
Feb 21, 2025 09:10PM Add a comment
A Year of Last Things: Poems

Octavio Solis
Octavio Solis is on page 56 of 88 of The Oblivion Seekers
Exquisite little tales, somehow complete as novels, encapsulating all the mysteries and passions of the African desert.
Feb 08, 2025 12:58AM Add a comment
The Oblivion Seekers

Octavio Solis
Octavio Solis is on page 45 of 88 of The Oblivion Seekers
Entrancing stories of the North African desert by the inimitable and tragic Isabelle Eberhardt. Best consumed over the smoky music of Anouar Brahem and his oud.
Feb 07, 2025 07:42PM Add a comment
The Oblivion Seekers

Octavio Solis
Octavio Solis is on page 67 of 96 of Instant Winner: Poems (Penguin Poets)
Some of the most profound poems about post-partum depression I have ever read. Somehow, Carrie Fountain finds a way through her gauntlet of childbirth with the exquisite language she musters every time.
Feb 05, 2025 03:16AM Add a comment
Instant Winner: Poems (Penguin Poets)

Octavio Solis
Octavio Solis is on page 125 of 206 of The Bluest Eye
Then she stopped staring at the green chairs, at the delivery truck; she went to the movies instead. There in the dark her memory was refreshed, and she succumbed to her earlier dreams. Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another — physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion.
Jan 29, 2025 06:37PM Add a comment
The Bluest Eye

Octavio Solis
Octavio Solis is on page 120 of 206 of The Bluest Eye
Surprising similes spring up everywhere.

“Behind her at some distance she heard whistling. One of these rapid, high-note riffs that black boys make up as they go while sweeping, shoveling, or just walking along. A kind of city street music where laughter belies anxiety, and joy is as short and straight as the blade of a pocketknife. She listened carefully to the music and let it pull her lips into a smile …”
Jan 29, 2025 02:59PM Add a comment
The Bluest Eye

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