Category Archives: Poetry

Selected Poems, by Marina Tsvetaeva

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Amanda

This book is a selection of Marina Tsvetaeva’s poems translated from the Russian. The poems cross a 25-year period, from about 1915 to about 1940. As I’ve said before, I am not a very good judge of poetry. I dislike … Continue reading →

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Apologies to an Apple, by Maya Ganesan

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Amanda

This is my first book of poetry in the six I am trying to read in 2010. It’s a short slip of a book but I still spread it out over a few weeks, simply because I know next to … Continue reading →

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Songs of Innocence and Experience, by William Blake

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Amanda

Seriously, the apocalypse must be on its way. I just picked up a book of poetry all on my own, without prompting, and read it by choice, rather than by force or coercion. Even more miraculously, I mostly understood what … Continue reading →

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The Epic of Gilgamesh, by Anonymous

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Amanda

Most of today I’ve been practically an invalid, and have had to leave off reading Vanity Fair because it’s too heavy to carry in one hand. So, I pulled Gilgamesh off the shelf for a short, lighter read while I … Continue reading →

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Pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabokov

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Amanda

Wow. I say that in the most respectful, perfectly awed tone possible. This is, without a doubt, the most difficult book I’ve ever read. Harder by far than Don Quixote and Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary. Harder than any other … Continue reading →

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[refuge], by multiple authors

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Amanda

In February 2008, I went to Palestine to visit my sister and to be there for her wedding. I met her husband, Rami, who is a Palestinian refugee. Before I left, he gave me a copy of this book, which … Continue reading →

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