- "The Abyss," by Rebekah Frumkin in Granta (on working in a haunted house and being haunted humans).
- "How Long Has It Been Since You Smelled a Flower?" a mini-collection of prisoners' writing curated/introduced by Richard Shelton.
- "The Fourth State of Matter" by Jo Ann Beard in The New Yorker. This is so beautiful and moving and upsetting and perfect. (Many thanks to Richard Gilbert, whose newest blog entry sent me scrambling to read this essay!)
Friday, February 6, 2015
Longer (Beautiful) Reads
Three gorgeous pieces I recommend. Yeah, they'll take a little bit of time to read (by internet standards), but all are so very worth it.
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Darn it, Hannah. There you go again--just when I thought I'd get caught up on all my delicious reading. What a good problem to have :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to add to the problem :). Hope you enjoy!
DeleteI know Shelton's work. I read two of his memoirs last year. I especially liked his book on teaching poetry in Arizona's prisons.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the other two recommendations!
I haven't read any of his longer work--I will definitely look for it, though!
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