Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman There’s been a bit of fuss over this book. I love distinct voices and the Ghanian-Brit argot of a pre-teen sounded like something more to love. Game on. There are few books I start and do not finish. I feel an almost moral obligation to not Read more…
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown 8 min @ the desk Bribery. I’m not proud of it. He’s playing with the orange pencil covered in brown basketballs. He’s not doing tricks or anything, just twirling it and staring at it as it moves between his six-i’m-going-to-be-seven-next-week fingers. Five sentences. He’s Read more…
W.B. YeatsThe Oxford Dictionary of Quotations 8 min @ the rooster cafe His cheeks were red and chapped from too much sun. The satin red shirt was an unfortunate wardrobe choice. But Saturdays were for romance and romance was best performed in red. Anders’ grandfather had been a great heartthrob Read more…
Changing My Mindby Zadie Smith 8 min @ Saving Gigi “There was no foundation, clearly.” Mim exhaled a laser thin stream of blue smoke off to the side. Karin focused on the mole attached to Mim’s upper lip, she knew another indictment on the demise of her marriage was imminent. Read more…
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges 8 min @ Farenheit A nickel sized circle of brown bliss sat at the bottom of the cup. Chloe had stopped herself from draining the cup because she didn’t want the delicious moment to end. It was her first Turkish coffee. It was good, but Read more…
A psychic goodbye by B.H. Whisper/ Quietly/ My name/ Before you go. The night is long. Night passes through the day/ To night once more Happiness to sadness/ Nothing is ever as before. A wisp of change/ Or twitch of Fate’s /Shriveled hand/ Don’t shed a tear nor try to Read more…
The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud 8 min @ Wychwood Public Library It took Hannah longer than she’d anticipated to navigate the purchase of a one-way ticket. The French don’t say ‘one way’, they say ‘unique sense’. They surely were a peculiar lot, but she liked that ‘ticket window’ had it’s Read more…
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros 8 min @ Saving Gigi Miss hired me as a nanny but I rarely held the baby. My friend SooLin told me that lots of ladies she had met just wanted company. But Miss never talked to me except to give me Read more…