Tag: book-review
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With Caution, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer
Over the past year and a half, I have been reading, and finally finished, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer. This is a book I do not take lightly. Nor do I take writing about it lightly. Originally published in Paris in 1934, the book was banned in the US. The life of the narrator (presumably…
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James, a novel by Percival Everett
In James, acclaimed author Percival Everett (previous novels have been finalists for the Booker Prize and the Pulitzer) reimagines Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn through the eyes of Jim, the slave runaway who traveled with Huck. With an interesting twist (and maybe a spoiler alert here) Jim is an educated man who can read and write and…
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Review of The Overstory (sort of) by Richard Powers
First, I need to thank poet Janice Northerns for urging me to read The Overstory. While it had been on my radar for some time, and it was a Pulitzer Prize winner, I hadn’t really taken the time to slot it into my reading calendar. Janice asked if I had read it and when I…
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Amandla, a Novel
South Africa’s story Amandla (meaning ‘power’) is a self-published novel by South African native Alix Jans. For full disclosure one should know that Alix is a friend of mine. But I hope that will not deter you from reading this review and the novel. Jans wrote the book as a way to leave information about…
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