Publisher Description: Immediately upon its publication in Ireland, Claire-Louise Bennett’s debut began to attract attention well beyond the expectations of the tiny Irish press that published it. A deceptively slender volume, it captures... [Continue reading →]
This evening I went to Mesa for a book club. I found out about the event from the poetry workshop I went to a couple weeks ago. A nice woman named Molly said it would be a casual discussion, not around a specific book but about any book we had read and wanted to talk about. The theme for the... [Continue reading →]
One of my New Year’s Resolutions has been to “Consume More” and “Create More.” It’s a cyclical concept - I believe that if I consume more of the creative outputs of others, whether it’s fiction, poetry, music, or other forms of visual art, then this provides a well of inspiration which I can draw from the create more of my... [Continue reading →]
something something it’s complicated being a daughter of immigrants that choose to come here, and i’m grateful to be here, i’m mostly safe in my everyday life, but these safeties come from the sufferings of others, and that doesn’t feel great, and i can see this safety is slipping away, and what can i do, i have work tomorrow right?... [Continue reading →]
It’s January and it’s 73 degrees, a winter blessing while the rest of the country is covered in ice. It’s a weekday so I’m sitting inside, staring out the window. Sometimes I feel like a kid in detention, watching everyone else run around at recess.
Part of being a software engineer is being glued to the screen. Your work is... [Continue reading →]