It is Always a Circle

by Aleah Black

200 pages, Paperback

Published October 31, 2024

Reviews

[Lou · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally got around to reading this balm of a book after getting it at Aleah’s book release party on Halloween. It is full of intimate reflections on the passage of time, the nature of a circle, the life that exists in death and the death that exists in life. I would heavily suggest reading this in a medieval tower by candlelight, if possible.

[Leah Borchert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aleah Black has been tearing my chest open and giving voice to what I find inside on Instagram, and now in a physical book in my physical hands. I am grieving, always, and filled with love, always. I think you might like this book.

[Giavanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

“I do not need to be afraid of annihilation. I am the indomitable fool.”

“Who are you to decide who is worth sparing? What is it we are if not together? Who among us matters if not all?”

“When the peach fell to the ground to begin the slow process of decay, it was hard to remember something was being planted. You must heal the wound you did not ask for.”

“How did you become so afraid of a feast?”

“What is holy, if not our drive to free each other?”

“Do not avoid your love affair with the world for fear of losing it. How many times has the forest lost its leaves? And how many times has spring come and come and come?”

[cel]

para mi un libro en físico es un "capricho" (porque no puedo comprarme más de uno en mucho tiempo) y una oportunidad para hacer un objeto que no sólo contenga cosas bonitas (los textos) sino también que sea un objeto bonito en sí.

soy consciente del trabajo y el dinero que cuesta sacar un libro y no quiero entrar en el precio ético de una obra pero me he llevado una decepción grande porque no había visto (no hay) fotos del libro antes de comprarlo. no termino de ver una complementareidad ni una elección consciente (o correcta para mi) de las ilustraciones con el texto, la tipografía y el color. me esperaba una obra más llena, más legible, más cuidada, más colorida o, si hubiera visto antes el libro, me esperaría menos páginas, menos expectativas, menos misterio (menos dinero). simplemente ojalá fuera más (no diferente) o menos (no peor). a lo mejor es injusto proyectar grandes expectativas en algo que hace alguien por como veo a ese alguien.

dicho esto hay muchos poemas por los que siento amor gratitud y esperanza, creo que algunos reflejan una visión única de la vida, la muerte y la colectividad que espero se extienda cada vez más

[QuinnLikesGrins · Rating 5 out of 5]

An earnest book. I am so glad Aleah wrote a book, and reading the things they've written and the way they see the world reminds me of hope and many reasons to be alive that I often take for granted or don't consciously think about regularly

[Jenny Goetz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This filled my cup. Wish I could send a copy to every person I love.

[Mairwen Jones · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5

[Kayla Tamney · Rating 5 out of 5]

read this outdoors in nature, a sunny/warm/windy day - can’t recommend that enough tbqh. fantastic fantastic fantastic

[Alexis · Rating 5 out of 5]

i will have this on my table when i am old and gray