Author: borkali

Juniper Street by Joan Frank — a lovely novel by a detail-oriented writer. She mentions details in Late Work and I appreciate seeing her take on them in Juniper Street. The story is about two childhood friends Mary and the unnamed narrator and their lives in Sacramento. They go on great adventures together and explore

Get your hands on this book and read it. Especially if you like reading about writing – and reading about reading. Frank is authentically honest and, pun intended, Frank in her words (I hope she doesn’t think this is too clever). This book of essays is one of those that you want to keep dipping

I picked this up from the poetry section at the Woodland Public Library last Saturday. I love that she has a section written from a cruise ship. I love the introduction giving advice to poetry writers about how best to approach the craft — classes, community and focusing on form are a few nuggets of

Ada Limón’s poetry is storytelling by stanzas. This book is broken up into the four seasons, which helps orient the reader. Limón’s poetry is accessible, readable and likeable. This book reflects the height of the pandemic, by this I mean the public engagement with COVID-19 and its related isolation and loss, grief. Many poems feature

Well, without counting the kid books, I’m 539 pages deep into winter reading after finishing The Pale King. Reading this novel/memoir felt like reading many books at one time. I appreciated the variance across chapters and the depth of discussion through dialogue. Towards the end of the book there’s a 50 page happy hour scene

…of so many books. This is a small sampling of what I’ve just picked up off the floor to give you a sense of volume. Consider The Babies and Doggies Book was read at least 4 times in succession the other night. I have no idea how many pages but I’m definitely reading. I’m nearly

Greetings! I am excited to be in this space over the next ten weeks and see what y’all are diving into. I find that we have such a unique array of readers and their respective readings, it’s always a good time. I’m going to finish 2,023 pages if the gods are willing — I’ve been