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KristinaMN has commented on (7) products.

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

KristinaMN, January 15, 2013

I found this book to be one of the most moving, artfully written memoirs I've ever read, and it's been a big hit in my creative writing and composition courses as well.

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Even So: New and Selected Poems by Gary Young

KristinaMN, November 12, 2012

Gary Young's poetry is inspired by ordinary things -- a flock of birds, a comment from a loved one, or a cloud at sunset -- but takes these ordinary images and turns them into breathless insights. Individually, the poems invite the reader to stop and think, to reread and ponder; as a collection (or in this case, a collection of collections), they weave a complex fabric of life's dimensions, and how we choose to view those dimensions. Mostly a writer of prose poems, Young does not depend upon the line for music, but still achieve music through the structure of the sentence and careful choice of words.

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To Find a New Beauty by Andrea Witzke Slot

KristinaMN, June 18, 2012

In her debut poetry collection, To Find a New Beauty, Andrea Witzke-Slot delivers poetry that may seem quiet on the surface, including everyday objects and occurences, but under that calm surface strong undercurrents of passion and intensity pull at the reader. A sequence of poems frames the collection, recurring throughout, and centering on the sea, and in particular a found object, as a metaphor for the creative process and the role of the artist, adding another layer to the effect of the total collection.

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What the Raven Said by Robert Alexander

KristinaMN, April 21, 2012

This contemplative book of prose poems is a perfect companion for a weekend alone on a northern lake. A chronicle of both interior and exterior landscapes, and how they reflect each other, What the Raven Said combines the rich description of nature reminiscent of the poetry of Mary Oliver and William Stafford with the sensibilities of Thoreau.

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84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

KristinaMN, December 11, 2011

This very readable collection of letters between a broke playwright and screenwriter and a small bookshop in London, bridging two decades (1949-1969), will appeal to bibliophiles everywhere. Historical references to rationing in England after WWII and other details ground the letters in the time period, but they actually resemble an email correspondence of today in many ways. Hanff's humor and warmth, and the friendships she develops with the booksellers she has never met, remind us that books have the power not only to inform, entertain, and persuade us, but to connect us to each other, as well.

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