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Book Review: Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera (2014)

March 31, 2016

Sign Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera My Rating: 4 of 5 stars As a little girl, I had many fears. Born from reasonable and not-so-reasonable wombs of circumstances, I consciously (and consistently) fought their penetrating presence by erecting walls of logic and fortitude. With passing years, I saw many of them … More Book Review: Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera (2014)

Book Review: Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli (2011)

January 11, 2016

Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli My Rating: 3 of 5 stars   Like Valeria, I stare at the faces in the crowd; the crowd of short paragraphs hurrying across the surface of this book, intermingling with the innate desire to escape the mound without any considerable collision. Like each paragraph, I anoint a … More Book Review: Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli (2011)