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Book review: Shorelines

I wrote about Shorelines Alycia Pirmohamed for Gutter magazine.

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Shorelines by Edinburgh-based author Alycia Pirmohamed is a poet’s memoir; an experimental approach into mapping one’s life on the page. The book, her first non-fiction work, won the Nan Shepherd Prize. It opens with a lyrical “Note on Form,” comparing the book’s movement to a body entering water. Th

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	Walter Benjamin Reimagined: A Graphic Translation of Poetry, Prose, Aphorisms, and Dreams by Frances Cannon (Goodreads Author), Esther Leslie (Foreword), Scott Bukatman (Afterword) 3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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