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caitlin_leach's review
3.75
I liked the way she plays with language, and the overall sense of her meditation on middling.
Not enough media delves into the quiet middles of things, and the weird sense of displacement that sometimes arises out of not being where you were, but not quite being where you're going, either.
Not enough media delves into the quiet middles of things, and the weird sense of displacement that sometimes arises out of not being where you were, but not quite being where you're going, either.
adrianasturalvarez's review
4.0
It took me a minute to warm up to this collection but as soon as I hit "Naxos" I was struck and decided to re-read everything before moving on.
From Jean Rhys:
"Jean Rhys is saying/If I could jump out of the window/one bang and I'd be out of it.
It isn't done/ to admit to this kind/ of need,/
but spirit needs a house,/and the brief pageant of being/escorted through/
the grieving joy of words/set down right...."
Man oh man what a set of stanzas! By the time I hit A Shaggy Dog Story (another favorite) I was very engaged and ready to pour over this to look for some technique behind Lim's magic. Spoiler: there's a lot to find.
From Jean Rhys:
"Jean Rhys is saying/If I could jump out of the window/one bang and I'd be out of it.
It isn't done/ to admit to this kind/ of need,/
but spirit needs a house,/and the brief pageant of being/escorted through/
the grieving joy of words/set down right...."
Man oh man what a set of stanzas! By the time I hit A Shaggy Dog Story (another favorite) I was very engaged and ready to pour over this to look for some technique behind Lim's magic. Spoiler: there's a lot to find.
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