The Poet’s House by Jean Thompson
Jean Thompson has lived near the University of Illinois campus since she landed her first teaching job there in 1973. In 1979, her debut short-story collection, Gasoline Wars won critical acclaim...
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Jean Thompson has lived near the University of Illinois campus since she landed her first teaching job there in 1973. In 1979, her debut short-story collection, Gasoline Wars won critical acclaim...
Twin, n. A couple; a pair; twoTwin, v.t. & i. To part, sever, sunder; deprive (of) —Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition[Kindle: Location 17 of 3389] As...
Published in 2019 by Alfred A. Knopf in New York, Disappearing Earth is Julia Phillips’ debut novel. The first chapter sets the tone for the author’s exquisite writing and introduces the...
Published in 2020, by Europa Editions UK, Fresh Water for Flowers is Valérie Perrin’s English debut. It is one of the best novels I have read in 2021; a triumph that...