Sally Wen Mao: from 'Mad Honey Symposium'
Lisa Ciccarello from 'At Night'
Lisa Ciccarello from 'At Night'
I've chosen two titles of poetry for the Blood Milk Book Club this month. I'll be changing format each month, so for September it will be a book of short stories. In tandem to a more "traditional" conversational style book club post (this time, as per some feedback I received, I'll post some prompting questions to incite discussion), I hope to have extra posts revolving around these books live during the month, including an author interview, or two.
I've been thrilled with the response & honored by the support I've been receiving.
If interested in reading along this month, please pick up:
Mad Honey Symposium by Sally Wen Mao from small press Alice James Books HERE.
At Night by Lisa Ciccarello from Black Ocean Books HERE. The kind folks at Black Ocean are offering 30% off of Lisa's glorious book for the month of August. Enter BLOODMILK at checkout and feel good about supporting a small independent press.
I know some people cringe when they think of reading poetry. & while some of these poems are written in a more 'traditional' format, I promise that if you are at all interested in my aesthetic or have read and liked other books I've recommended, these poems will be like daggers to your heart and at least one poem from each book will snare you forever. I've posted one of my favorites from each author above.
Further reading to nudge you along:
Publisher's Weekly review of At Night.
Lisa's blog.
Lisa's Tiny Letter.
An interview with Lisa.
Publisher's Weekly review of Mad Honey Symposium.
A cluster of glowing reviews on Sally's site.
An interview with Sally.
another interview with Sally.
