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Guests | May 2, 2012

Julia Alvarez: IMG Chichiguas



I wouldn't have met Piti if it hadn't been for a chichigua. To translate chichigua as a kite does not do justice to these beautiful creations of... Continue »
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    A Wedding in Haiti

    Julia Alvarez 9781616201302

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Ariel: The Restored Edition: A Facsimile of Plath's Manuscript, Reinstating Her Original Selection and Arrangement by Sylvia Plath
Ariel: The Restored Edition: A Facsimile of Plath's Manuscript, Reinstating Her Original Selection and Arrangement

theghastlylycanthrope, November 23, 2009

perhaps my favorite thing about this version of ariel is the inclusion of the original drafts of many of the poems. it's fascinating to see plath's edits and corrections throughout the evolution of her work.
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Perelandra (Space Trilogy) by C. S. Lewis
Perelandra (Space Trilogy)

theghastlylycanthrope, October 26, 2009

This vividly stunning interplanetary novel holds one of my favorite portrayals of love: "Pure, spiritual, intellectual love shot from their faces like barbed lightning. It was so unlike the love we experience that its expression could easily be mistaken for ferocity." Gorgeous.
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