Samantha Futerman and Anais Bordier were both originally born in Busan, South Korea. Samantha was born on November 19, 1987 and wait…so was Anais. They also happen to look exactly alike. Continue reading
Category Archives: Book Reviews
i built a boat with all the towels in your closet (and will let you drown): A Portal Into Leia Penina Wilson’s “Mad” World
i am seeking / the crucial region of the soul where response is pitted against intimately / implicated anteriors Continue reading
Hustle: The Reform and Retrospection of David Tomas Martinez
An inspiring collection to behold, Hustle reads much like a poetic memoir, full of the visceral emotional richness characteristic of memoirs. Continue reading
A Chernobyl Story For 2014
“Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian, is a story about loss, love and faith in the wake of a cataclysmic disaster.” Continue reading
Outlandish: A Crossover into the Lives of Scottish Warriors
People disappear all the time. Ask any policeman. Better yet, ask a journalist. Disappearances are bread-and butter to journalists… Many of the lost will be found, eventually, dead or alive. Disappearances, after all, have explanations. Usually. Continue reading
Now I See You: Nicole C. Kear’s Brave Journey Into the Darkness
Resolving to keep her eventual blindness a secret from everyone but her family, Nicole endeavors to employ the age-old adage of carpe diem. However, after a near-death experience, attempting to step out a window onto a fire escape that isn’t actually there, she realized she was no longer in charge of her life, the disease was. Continue reading
Someone Else’s Wedding Vows: A Journey Into Bianca Stone’s Poetic Consciousness
And it’s true
I spent my whole life in fear of sharing my mind
but with a longing for it to be taken.
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The Modern Memoir: Elissa Washuta’s My Body Is a Book of Rules
Unlike the all-too-familiar beginning-to-end chronology many memoirs follow, My Body presents readers with a series of fragmented essays made into a clear and cohesive whole. In a way that is exceptionally frank, Washuta vividly describes to readers her journey through the ebbs and flows of sanity and insanity, self-esteem and self-hatred. Continue reading
