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A soft, minimalist still-life photograph of the book Night Sky with Exit Wounds resting on a wooden table near a sunlit window, used as the featured image for the Night Sky with Exit Wounds poem review.

Night Sky With Exit Wounds | Book Review | Ocean Vuong | 2016

Night Sky with Exit Wounds — A Review Entering a World Built from Fracture and Light Some poetry books gently open a window. Night Sky with Exit Wounds opens a wound. Reading this Night Sky with Exit Wounds poem sequence, you immediately sense that you’re entering a space where language has been reassembled with trembling Read more…

Cover of The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Steig Larsson

[Book Review] ‘The Girl who Played with Fire’ by Stieg Larsson

Don’t ever fight with Lisbeth Salander. Her attitude towards the rest of the world is that if someone threatens her with a gun, she’ll get a bigger gun. Lisbeth Salander, the angry punk hacker in Stieg Larsson’s 2008 bestseller, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is back with a vengeance in The Girl who Played Read more…

Mockingjay summary, Suzanne Collins

[Book Review] ‘Mockingjay’ by Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay begins in the midst of a war. The rebels, who have taken refuge in the supposedly destroyed District 13, have revolted against President Snow and the Capitol. Katniss agrees to be the Mockingjay, the face of the rebellion, to rally those fighting for the cause. However, things get complicated for her as Read more…