Martyr

How to live and die with a bang? Life, so consistently inconsistent; un tameable and un frameable. Yet, the protagonist agonizes over the why and the how to live a worthy life and how to die a worthy death. Kaveh Akbar is naturally "cool" while boldly honest in addressing some of the biggest topics out …

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Donna Tartt – Petite, Powerful, Prolific

haunting and elegant The Goldfinch introduced me to this author whose quirky trademark is that it takes her ten years to complete each novel (the final one I must read is The Little Friend published in 2002). Her books are hefty in knowledge, insight, elegance and pages. I find her writing neat and tight; every …

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