In Review: The Week of March 11th

On the Blog

~ Our annual Spring Preview is here: check out what books team ALU freshly picked for the top of our reading piles.~ We have stars in our eyes over these 8 fairy-tale-inspired books.~ BC-based poet Ali Blythe gives us “More Reasons,” a poem from his newest Hymnswitch (Goose Lane Editions) in Poetry in Motion.~ Our #fridayreads pick is Heather Nolan’s This is Agatha Falling (Pedlar Press), a debut novel that’s part Joel Thomas Hynes, part Anais Nin.

Around the Web

~ The New York Times shared some of their famously scathing book reviews that don’t quite hold up, proving that even critics change their minds. 

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~ Because we need more words to explain hard-to-describe feelings here are 15 obscure words for everyday emotions to add to your vocabulary.~ Lana Del Rey is selling her self-published poetry collection for a whopping one dollar.

What Else We’re Reading

Mandy’s pick this week is Emma-Watson-approved Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom (Metonymy Press).