Thanks to Lark Writes for giving me the inspiration to write short, poetic book reviews. Hers are called 'Haiku Reviews.' I'll make mine a little longer and call them tanka-poetry reviews. Similar to haikus, tanka poems are short, using only 31-syllables in the cadence pattern of 5, 7, 5, 7, 7. I'm catching up here on past-due reviews.
The Red Notebook
by Antoine Laurain, translated from French by Jane Aitken and Emily Boyce
2014.
A man finds a purse.
He searches for its owner.
Only clue: notebook.
He finds her apartment but
where is she? Sweet love story.
My rating: 4 stars
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The Raven Boys: A Graphic Novel
by Maggie Stiefvater, adapted by Stephanie Williams, illustrated by Sas Milledge
2025.
A popular book.
One I liked a lot, redone.
Now graphic novel.
Many details shortened up,
Leaving me wishing for more.
My rating: 3 stars
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Brokeback Mountain
by Annie Proulx
1997.
Reread short story.
Two ranch hands, Ennis and Jack,
Come together one summer.
Their relationship is doomed.
Men in love? Impossible.
My rating: 5 stars
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And Yet: Poems
by Kate Baer
2022.
Poems about life,
mothering, exhaustion.
I met this poet
through book: Hope This Finds You Well.
This collection very good.
My rating: 5 stars
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Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.: Citizen Printer
edited by Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
2024
Big, heavy art book.
Kennedy doesn't think of
himself as artist
but a printer of posters --
Black experiences in America.
My rating: 4 stars
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-Anne
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