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Author Archives: Karen Lively

A Bigamist’s Daughter by Alice McDermott

April 22, 2015by Karen Lively Leave a comment

A Bigamist’s Daughter by Alice McDermott Dell Publishing, 1982. ISBN: 978-0312573492 290 p.p. Half modern romance and half psychological portrait, McDermott’s A Bigamist’s Daughter explores the limitations and failed promises of […]

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Dreaming My Animal Selves by Hélène Cardona

April 1, 2015by Karen Lively Leave a comment

Dreaming My Animal Selves by Hélène Cardona Salmon Poetry, 2013 ISBN: 978-1908836397 81 p.p Rich with images drawn from nature and mythology, the poems in Dreaming My Animal Selves are […]

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Chocolat by Joanne Harris

March 25, 2015by Karen Lively Leave a comment

Chocolat by Joanne Harris Penguin Books, 1999 ISBN: 978-0140282030 306 p.p. “Try me. Test me. Taste me.” The whispered words of temptation that haunt priest Reynaud may as well be directed […]

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Interview: Michalle Gould

March 16, 2015by Karen Lively 1 Comment

Michalle Gould has been working on the poems that constitute Resurrection Party for almost 15 years. In that time, her poems and short stories have appeared in Slate, New England Review, Poetry, American […]

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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

February 11, 2015by Karen Lively Leave a comment

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Harper Perennial, 1999 ISBN: 978-0060786502 576 p.p. There’s plenty to captivate you in The Poisonwood Bible—from its exotic setting and epic scale to Kingsolver’s […]

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Resurrection Party by Michalle Gould

February 4, 2015by Karen Lively Leave a comment

Resurrection Party by Michalle Gould Silver Birch Press, 2014 ISBN: 978-0692258316 74 p.p. Best digested over multiple readings, Gould’s poetry collection Resurrection Party is a delicacy for the poetic palate. […]

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Interview: Michelle Wing – Cry of the Nightbird

January 20, 2015by Karen Lively Leave a comment

At the 2011 Retreat for Women Writers, Michelle Wing read two poems she had originally written for “Changing Hurt to Hope: Writers Speak Out Against Domestic Violence.” She also met […]

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