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The Depraved Village of “Lapvona” – Chicago Review of Books

The Depraved Village of “Lapvona” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJune 21, 2022 by Meredith Boe
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Ottessa Moshfegh’s fourth novel, Lapvona, is a gruesome experiment in historical fiction. There’s grisly death, cannibalism, rape, mysticism, deception, revenge, hints at pedophilia, and very … Read More

Vulnerable Revelations in “What Flies Want” – Chicago Review of Books

Vulnerable Revelations in “What Flies Want” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsMay 19, 2022 by Meredith Boe
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Emily Pérez’s new book of poetry, What Flies Want, is a stunning look at the peripheries of womanhood and the recipient of the 2021 Iowa … Read More

Rage and Remedy in “We Are Not Wearing Helmets” – Chicago Review of Books

Rage and Remedy in “We Are Not Wearing Helmets” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsFebruary 21, 2022 by Meredith Boe
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Poet and curator Cheryl Boyce-Taylor returns with her sixth collection of poems, We Are Not Wearing Helmets, a tribute to the women who have lifted … Read More

Endless Gratitude in “These Precious Days” – Chicago Review of Books

Endless Gratitude in “These Precious Days” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsDecember 21, 2021 by Meredith Boe
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Many of us will never forget those precious moments before lockdown, when we had no idea what was about to hit. We went to the … Read More

Reflections on Democracy and Individuality in “Playlist for the Apocalypse” – Chicago Review of Books

Reflections on Democracy and Individuality in “Playlist for the Apocalypse” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsAugust 4, 2021 by Meredith Boe
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Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove returns after twelve years with an exquisite new poetry collection, Playlist for the Apocalypse. Her … Read More

The Art of Self-Doubt in “Second Place” – Chicago Review of Books

The Art of Self-Doubt in “Second Place” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsMay 5, 2021 by Meredith Boe
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Works of art become powerful when they can convey—or at least hint at—some kind of truth. This notion alone presumes that the artist knows something … Read More

The Body of History and the Memory of Home in “The Wild Fox of Yemen.” – Chicago Review of Books

The Body of History and the Memory of Home in “The Wild Fox of Yemen.” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsApril 12, 2021 by Meredith Boe
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Yemeni American poet and translator Threa Almontaser won the 2020 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets for her brilliant debut poetry collection, … Read More

The Delicate Boundaries of Life in “The Dangers of Smoking in Bed” – Chicago Review of Books

The Delicate Boundaries of Life in “The Dangers of Smoking in Bed” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsJanuary 19, 2021 by Meredith Boe
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Lauded Argentine journalist and author of Things We Lost in the Fire, Mariana Enríquez again delivers intrigue and brutality in her latest story collection, The … Read More

Accessible Space in “What Kind of Woman” – Chicago Review of Books

Accessible Space in “What Kind of Woman” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsNovember 17, 2020 by Meredith Boe
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“You can be a mother and a poet.” So writes Kate Baer in “Moon Song,” part of her first poetry collection, What Kind of Woman. … Read More

Unwashed, festering, and still poignant poetry in “Ground Zero” – Chicago Review of Books

Unwashed, festering, and still poignant poetry in “Ground Zero” – Chicago Review of Books

Categories Book ReviewsOctober 23, 2020 by Meredith Boe
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Marc Kelly Smith, nicknamed “Slam Papi,” founded international slam poetry in the 1980s when he started the monumental Uptown Poetry Slam series at the Green … Read More

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