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Attempts at Understanding: A Review of The Inner Coast: Essays by Donovan Hohn

Hohn’s careful explorations of the subjects presented to him by his new place also become markers along his own process of the intellectual and personal discovery of his psychological inner coast.

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Hohn’s careful explorations of the subjects presented to him by his new place also become markers along his own process of the intellectual and personal discovery of his psychological inner coast.

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More than a Fish Story: A Review of Great Lakes Sea Lamprey: The 70 Year War on a Biological Invader, by Cory Brant.

Brant has travelled all around the Great Lakes basin, interviewing fishermen and scientists. He clearly honors these people and the work they have done. Their pictures and their stories are scattered throughout the book.

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Brant has travelled all around the Great Lakes basin, interviewing fishermen and scientists. He clearly honors these people and the work they have done. Their pictures and their stories are scattered throughout the book.

Transformative Language: A Review of Lean Against this Late Hour by Garous Abdolmalekianby

In this volume, the personal is always at war with the political, and boundaries – both geographical and personal— are often blurred, bombarded, beset.

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In this volume, the personal is always at war with the political, and boundaries – both geographical and personal— are often blurred, bombarded, beset.

The Consolation of Making Poems: A Review of A Wake With Nine Shades by Jennifer Sperry Steinorth

Steinorth loves where words come from and how they sound against one another. She loves how they carry meaning and how meaning can overwhelm them. She delights in the history and connotations of the words she uses.

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Steinorth loves where words come from and how they sound against one another. She loves how they carry meaning and how meaning can overwhelm them. She delights in the history and connotations of the words she uses.

A Friend for the End of the World: A Review of Weather by Jenny Offill

As narrator, Lizzie Benson is delightful company. Her mind is a wellspring of wry, cutting observations about motherhood, marriage, and…a possibly imminent apocalypse.

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As narrator, Lizzie Benson is delightful company. Her mind is a wellspring of wry, cutting observations about motherhood, marriage, and…a possibly imminent apocalypse.

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