by envisionmg | Apr 13, 2020 | Essays, Michelle Recommends, Poetry
Along with Pagie Lewis’ Star Struck, Abdurraqib’s A Fortune For Your Disaster was another one of my favorite collections released in 2019. (His previous collection, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, might be one of my favorite collections full-stop.) The...
by envisionmg | Apr 8, 2020 | Audiobooks, Michelle Recommends
Whether or not you’re familiar with Ian Fleming’s original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang story you can still dive right into Frank Cottrell Boyce’s follow-up series, which was given the seal of approval by Fleming’s estate: “’They’re incredibly...
by envisionmg | Apr 6, 2020 | Michelle Recommends, Poetry, Poetry Collections
Paige Lewis’ Space Struck claimed a high spot on my list of top five poetry collections released in 2019. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve returned to its pages, to various poems, to single lines. (The entire collection is a standout, but to...
by envisionmg | Apr 1, 2020 | Poetry
Throughout the month I will be recommending poetry collections available via Hoopla and/or Overdrive. In the meantime, a few related items of note: This snippet from the poem “Pain Can Warn Us Of Danger,” from the 2011 collection by G.C. Waldrep and John...
