Wish O’Connor had been taken to task on her racism more in this. An alright biography but that omission made it feel a bit hollow.
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Montreal - looking for the catharsis that comes from reading finely crafted sentences, and to get in closer touch with a higher power of my understanding
"For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry. Yes, indeed." - Mary Oliver
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22% complete! chianti_cimex_reads has read 11 of 50 books.
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chianti_cimex_reads rated Songs of Innocence and of Experience: 3 stars
chianti_cimex_reads rated The Souls of Black Folk: 3 stars
The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
Du Bois' 1903 collection of essays is a thoughtful, articulate exploration of the moral and intellectual issues surrounding the perception …
chianti_cimex_reads rated Black coffee blues: 3 stars
chianti_cimex_reads rated New and selected poems: 4 stars
chianti_cimex_reads rated Nationalism, colonialism, and literature: 3 stars
Review of 'The terrible speed of mercy' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
chianti_cimex_reads rated The Saddest Words: 4 stars
chianti_cimex_reads rated Galatea: 3 stars
Madeline Miller: Galatea (2013, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)
Galatea by Madeline Miller
In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece – the …
chianti_cimex_reads rated Moby-Dick: 3 stars
Herman Melville: Moby-Dick (2003, Dover Publications)
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville (Dover giant thrift editions)
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death …
