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Dearest Enemy: a friendship
DEAREST ENEMY: A FRIENDSHIP is an inventive poetry-hybrid memoir about the challenge Nemesis faces in writing an extraordinary wedding poem for her friend, Foe. Based on the actual print and digital correspondence the author wrote while living in Japan, Sarah Dzida weaves an intriguing story about two continents, two cities, two women and the exquisite and unexpected wordplay between them.
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Published January 1, 2020
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Sarah Dzida
1 book21 followersSarah Dzida writes across different genres and mediums. Her fiction appears on "The Huffington Post." Her poetry is published online, in print and in her art piece "Compliment," which was displayed in the Architecture + Design Museum in 2012. Her creative nonfiction appears in "MARY: A Journal of New Writing" and "Sushi and Sake Magazine." She's also written theatre reviews, critical essays, brochures, press releases, book covers, and copy for websites. For several years, she worked as a martial-arts book editor. She received her degree in the multi-genre Masters in Professional Writing Program at USC where she studied with Dana Goodyear, Mark Richard and Janet Fitch. When not writing, Sarah is a UX and content strategy consultant who builds innovative digital products and interactive experiences.
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August 3, 2020
Full disclosure: I know and adore the author.
After weeks of reading mostly beach reads, books about babies, and YA novels, this slim collection was a great change of pace. The correspondence of two dear college friends -- separated by continents (one in Spokane, WA; one in Japan) and life experiences -- told through poetry, list essays, flash CNF, and short emails as they prepare for one of their weddings is a compelling read. There are moments of great humor interspersed through the stories of thinking about who we are when we fall in love, how we navigate those early adult years, and how we choose to live our lives along with some clever and thoughtful uses of language. The short essay "Like Vs. Love" which explores how a simple word "like" has so many layers of meaning as one is learning a new language is one of my favorites.
After weeks of reading mostly beach reads, books about babies, and YA novels, this slim collection was a great change of pace. The correspondence of two dear college friends -- separated by continents (one in Spokane, WA; one in Japan) and life experiences -- told through poetry, list essays, flash CNF, and short emails as they prepare for one of their weddings is a compelling read. There are moments of great humor interspersed through the stories of thinking about who we are when we fall in love, how we navigate those early adult years, and how we choose to live our lives along with some clever and thoughtful uses of language. The short essay "Like Vs. Love" which explores how a simple word "like" has so many layers of meaning as one is learning a new language is one of my favorites.
October 16, 2020
A brilliant memoir that examines life in Japan as a foreigner. The original style mixes emails with poetry and vignettes of interactions with local Japanese colleagues during her time teaching English in Japan. The emails are to a friend in the States, and have a love letter energy to them, despite the use of nicknames 'enemy' and 'foe'. The writing mixes beautiful poetry with witty, down to earth anecdotes. Having lived in Japan and taught on the JET programme myself, I really related to the stories. Highly recommended!
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