by envisionmg | May 18, 2020 | Jen Reviews, Non-fiction
“As a member of the strictly religious Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism, Deborah Feldman grew up under a code of relentlessly enforced customs governing everything from what she could wear and to whom she could speak to what she was allowed to read. Yet in spite...
by envisionmg | Apr 30, 2020 | Poetry, Poetry Collections
A few collections and an anthology I am eager to lean into (that may reappear as recommendations next year during National Poetry Month): Deluge – Leila Chatti “In her early twenties, Leila Chatti started bleeding and did not stop. Physicians referred to...
by envisionmg | Apr 27, 2020 | Historical Fiction, Staff Review
Having just finished The Nightingale, a wonderful novel by Kristin Hannah, I was so excited to read it’s in production to become a movie, with an expected release date of December 2020! I’m not surprised The Nightingale was Goodreads Best Historical fiction...
by envisionmg | Apr 24, 2020 | Middle Grade Fiction, Novels in Verse, YA
Garvey’s Choice – Nikki Grimes “Garvey’s father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading—anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind,...
by envisionmg | Apr 20, 2020 | Michelle Recommends, Poetry, Poetry Collections
The Spring 2019 issue of The Paris Review served as my introduction to Franny Choi, in the form of “Amid Rising Tensions on the Korean Peninsula.” I was floored by that poem. Even after reading it untold times I remain astonished by that poem. Shortly...
