Itty Bitty Book Bites
Short book reviews of about 500 words which are intended to celebrate the exceptional.
Disclaimer: Book links in each review do use an Amazon affiliate link, which means that I would receive a portion of the sale. It is generally considered better for the author to buy directly from the publisher themselves. I support this and try to include the publisher in each review. If you choose to use Amazon, then I do also appreciate you using my affiliate link, which helps support my ability to write these reviews. I am still 100% in control of what I choose to review, how to review, and express my true opinion.
Lisa Fay Coutley’s Host
Lisa Fay Coutley is the author of several poetry collections, of which Host is the most recent. As noted by the book blurb, it “explores parasitic relationships—between men and women, sons and mothers, and humans and the earth—and considers their consequences.”
Mural by Mahmoud Darwish and translated by John Berger and Rema Hammami
Mahmoud Darwish was a renowned Palestinian poet who died in 2008.
India Lena González’s Fox Woman Get Out!
Fox Woman Get Out! is India Lena González’s debut poetry collection from BOA Editions, but it feels like this work has been in the making her whole life.
Victoria Chang’s The Trees Witness Everything
In the 2022 poetry collection from Copper Canyon Press, The Trees Witness Everything, Victoria Chang enters the “big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff,” to quote Doctor Who. As much as this collection is an exploration of waka Japanese form, it is also an exploration of time.
Carmen Giménez Smith’s Be Recorder
Be Recorder, Carmen Giménez Smith’s sixth collection of poetry, is out to challenge us.