The Shelfie Returns! Lent 2018 Edition

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The last shelfie on this blog was in June 2017?! Get with the program, Randi. Yeesh. This year has started off pretty well in terms of reading. I really enjoyed The Light of Paris by Eleanor Brown, In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri (translated by Ann Goldstein), Strangers to the City by Michael Casey, and Standing Up by Kate … Read more

Poetry Fan Fiction: “Marie A.”

Poetry Fan Fiction "Marie A"

One of my favorite poems of the German language is Bertolt Brecht’s “Erinnerung an die Marie A.” The themes of youthful love, impermanence, and fading memory stuck with me the first time I read it, and the poem continues to give me a wistful feeling each time I reread. Perhaps someday I’ll attempt to give it … Read more