In Review: The Week of August 19th

On the Blog

~ Meditate on absences, loss, and the natural world with What is Long Past Occurs in Full Lightby Marilyn Bowering (Mother Tongue Publishing), who Jan Zwicky calls “one of our essential poets.”~ Bad Ideas(ECW Press), our #alubookclub pick this month.~ We found your follow-up read to Cheryl Strayed’s Oprah-approved Wild: Linda Kenyon’s Sea Over Bow (Signature Editions), an adventure of self-discovery on the high seas~ Alice Munro meets Gilmore Girls: check out Nosy White Woman (Biblioasis), a collection of stories that will assure you that whatever your woe, you’re not alone.

Around the Web

~  Heard of a celebrity “book curator”? Neither had we.~ ASMR is having more than a moment: Merriam-Webster is considering adding it to its dictionary soon. ~ Fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark may or may not have bones to pick with this list of all 82 stories ranked. 

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In Case You Missed It

Missed our ALU team chat about Missy Marston’s funny, big-hearted novel Bad Ideas (ECW Press)? Get the highlights here!