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days at the morisaki bookshop by satoshi yagisawa with eric ozawa (translator)
“It’s funny. No matter where you go, or how many books you read, you still know nothing, you haven’t seen anything. And that’s life. We live our lives trying to find our way. It’s like that Santōka Taneda poem, the one that goes, ‘On and on, in and in, and still the blue-green mountains.” Rating:…
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book review: breathe and count back from ten by natalia sylvester
“people talk about pain like it’s measurable. they’ll ask me to put it on a scale from one to ten. but I’ve been pushing it away so long it’s like my barometer’s broken.” Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester Rating: Genre: young adult fiction Disability Rep: hip dysplasia, chronic pain synopsis. In…
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book review: how to write an autobiographical novel by alexander chee
“there’s a reason that whenever fascists come to power, the writers are among the first to go to jail.” How to Write An Autobiographical Novel, Alexander Chee Rating: Format: paperback & audiobook Page Count: 277 Genre: nonfiction memoir synopsis. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel is the author’s manifesto on the entangling of life, literature, and…
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Original Poem | Safe Place
Hello! I hope you’re having a wonderful week so far! It’s been a little crazy recently with the coronavirus outbreak, as most of you can relate I’m sure. My university switched over to all online classes, and I’m back at home attending classes from here, which is really nice but also making it a bit…
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Original Poem | A Lot of Reasons
hello! i hope you’re smiling right now – if you’re not – do it!! *smile* aww, look at you; you look beautiful! did you not smile? why not? do you have a lot of reasons for why you didn’t? too sad? rough day? rough week? rough year? rough life? we all have a lot of…
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Original Poem | Hope, Happiness, and a Certain Kind of Sadness
Hi! I hope you’re having an absolutely beautiful day today <3 Today has been an exciting day for me ~ I’m writing this in the middle of a hackathon (I needed a break since it’s been eight hours and there are still five left to go !). I’ve been wanting to do a hackathon for…
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Original Poem | Stars
Stars You gave me the stars When I was about to hide every part of me Away in little jars. You gave me a friend, When I was wondering What if this was the end. You gave me myself, When I believed There was nothing left to be For me Other than a leaf, Falling…
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Original Poem | You Will Always Be
My grandmother passed away earlier this week, and I wrote this poem for her, my mom, and everyone else whose lives she touched. I miss her so much, but I know she will always be with me, and in this week of giving thanks, I am more thankful than ever for my family. I hope…
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Original Poem | Pennies and Dimes
Hi! I hope you’re having an amazing day today, because you’re amazing <3 And if you aren’t having a good day, know that the good days are right around the corner! It’s been a crazy/stressful/overwhelming first semester of my sophomore year of college so far (which is why I’ve been so inconsistent with keeping up…
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Original Poem | A Word on a Page
Hello! I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far 🙂 I’m going to be doing something very different from anything else I’ve done on this blog before–sharing a piece of original writing that’s not a review. Honestly, sharing my writing is something I’ve always wanted to do, but have always been scared of. I’ve…
