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Rated Forest of Noise: Poems 10/10
<div><em>In the refugee camp,<br>where land is strewn with<br>debris, where air chokes with rage,<br>my harvest is yet to arrive,<br>my seeds only sprout on this page.</em><br>— "My Grandfather's Well"<br><br>FOREST OF NOISE is a breathtaking and heartbreaking collection from Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha, which explores the ongoing struggles of living in an occupied country and how those struggles can infect the small moments of joy. He worries about his family still living in Gaza, he mourns the family he has lost. F-16s replace birdsong, but the old house keys survive. Essential reading.</div>
Finished reading Abaddon's Gate
Finished reading After Institutions
Rated Utopia Avenue 10/10
This was everything I wanted in a David Mitchell rock novel — stunning writing, interesting people, weird periphery, and hundred of pages to get lost in for awhile. I took a bit longer to read it than originally intended (a surprise moving house will do that), but honestly, I'm not bummed because I got to live with the story that much longer. I have half-joked before that David Mitchell's books are so good, you want to eat them, and Utopia Avenue was no different.
Finished reading Appalachian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century
Finished reading Caliban's War
Finished reading La rose la plus rouge s'épanouit