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Barbara Morrison, who writes under the name B. Morrison, is a poet and writer, a publisher, teacher, and dancer. In her new poetry collection, Terrarium, she explores the influence of place: where you live, where you grew up, where you travel, where you go in dreams. Her previous collection, Here at Least, chronicles a journey undertaken in response to Rilke's directive: "You must change your life."
A few years after graduating from college, her marriage collapsed and she found herself forced to go on welfare. It is this experience of a world very different from the one in which she grew up that she describes in her memoir, Innocent: Confessions of a Welfare Mother. She attributes part of her success in escaping poverty to her involvement i ...more

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Bewilderment, by Richard Powers

Astrobiologist Theo Byrn searches for life in the universe. Even as a child he imagined different planets, sketching out their topography, geology and biology. Now he models potential varieties of planets, based on the latest research, and what sorts of life might be expected to develop there. His models will be used when—if—those life forms are discovered or make contact with us.

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B. Morrison liked Susan Mills's review of The Island of Missing Trees: "3-1/2 stars. The writing is lyrical, a pleasure to read, and it is indeed a very quick read. It was an almost magical way to learn about Cyprus, its history, and its refugees in England. The story started off with a great hook: Teenage Ada, strugglin" Read more of this review »
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The title perfectly describes this new collection of poems from my friend Shirley Brewer who is indeed a goddess and a master mixologist. A graduate of a bartending school in Baltimore, she serves up concoctions that are bold and funny and tender and ...more
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What do you want from poetry? A bit of a dream, a sweet memory, a surprising turn that takes you where you never expected to go? Maybe a glimpse into who you really are, or a step into another life, another world? I found all this and more within the ...more
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B. Morrison and 3 other people liked Bettie's review of The Box of Delights (Kay Harker, #2): "It happens a lot doesn't it - that second read which brings far more to the table than that first encounter; in consequence it is upped from 3* to 4*. Very Taliesin, mythologically speaking, wouldn't you say?"
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B. Morrison and 6 other people liked Chris's review of The Box of Delights (Kay Harker, #2): "Imagine a child whose parents have separately died in tragic circumstances; a child who up to the age of ten is home-schooled, living with guardians who limit his reading so that he largely has recourse to just his own imagination; a child who has re" Read more of this review »
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