Reviews

Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life by Jenny Boully

lanais's review against another edition

4.0

Beautiful beautiful inspiring "genre bending" inspiration I will carry this book with me

samlofgran's review against another edition

5.0

I absolutely loved this essay collection. Jenny Boully not only shares amazing insights about writing but also demonstrates the craft perfectly through her own lyrical and metic writing. Boully helps us realize the the best writing is about life and the daily struggles it entails and that really writing is all about capturing the poetry of everyday moments.
Through her various essays about genre, word choice, verb tenses, memory, love, and race, Boully teaches writers at any stage the importance of mechanics along with the big ideas. She poignantly delves into the most difficult parts of life and beautifully highlights the most beautiful moments as well. Overall, this essay collection is delightful to read while still being incredibly insightful about not only writing, but life as well.

steph_ine's review against another edition

4.0

A beautifully written book contemplating the curiosities and peculiarities of life, memory, dreams, and writing. Boully weaves together several beautiful essays about the relatoonships between the world and the art of writing.

charitza's review

5.0

This book ended up to be more about how I misread its title when picking it up at a bookstore, essays about writing of life, instead of the writing life. Jenny Boully is such a beautiful writer, that even though some of the essays threw me off, at the end I managed to get something out of them.
Can’t wait to read more of her work.