By Blaine Heydt Hai-Dang Phan’s Reenactments exists in the in-between. Sorry Stranger Things fans, nothing otherworldly about it, this work is in this world and of this world. Reenactments’ “in-between” lies in the idea that life exists between our current …
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BookBar Book Review: How To Love A Country by Richard Blanco
By Ginny Short Blanco’s recent book of poems is vivid and startling. There is no pretense of language or cleverness or attempt at intellectual gymnastics in this collection. What I love about it most is that it is completely approachable. …
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15 Books you should add to your list this #InternationalWomensDay
By Kateri Kramer This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating balance. #BalanceForBetter because a balanced world is a better world. How can you help forge a more gender-balanced world? Celebrate women’s writing. Recommend books written by women. Take action for equality …
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BookBar Blog: Keep Going by Austin Kleon
By Kateri Kramer I’ve felt “stuck” creatively since I graduated from my MFA program. Whether that was because of burnout, the anxiety of influence, or the daily stresses of life I can’t say for sure. All I know is …
13 Favorite Kids’ Books from a New Mom
By Becky LeJeune I’ve loved reading all my life and it’s a love I hope to instill in my son. Of course that means we’ve already started reading to him (and amassing a large number of books for his own …
Read-O-Lution Roundup
As our Read-O-Lution 2019 party quickly approaches on March 1, we wanted to round up some of our first of the year reads. We didn’t just read books though! We also listened to audiobooks on Libro.FM and tuned into …
Pam Houston Workshop Recap
By Stephanie Vessely We often hear people say that writing is a practice, and it is. One must constantly work at improving one’s craft by forming sentence after sentence, day after day, year after year. But for writer Pam Houston, …
BookBar Review: Cravings by Chrissy Teigen
Review by Becky LeJune When Chrissy Teigen’s Cravings released, I dare say I wasn’t the only one surprised by the fact that the supermodel was a serious foodie. Sure, those who followed her online (and she has a massive following) …
BookBar Review: Fludde
Fludde, Peter Mishler Review By Blaine Heydt The forward to Peter Mishler’s collection Fludde begins “Occasionally, poetry provides us with raw proof of what it is to be alive, perceptions that never stray far from sensations, …
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