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briandice's review against another edition
5.0
Ms. Dove I'll confess to never having read any of your award winning poetry, but I'd like to offer my unqualified opinion that the world could use a hefty dose of your fiction writing. I was completely unprepared for the beauty of these stories and how they emotionally impacted me. Your poetic talents shine through in your sentences, but it is your ability to bring a person to life on the page that got me.
You can do more in 72 pages - 8 short stories - than many authors attempt in tomes ten times that page number. Your depiction of African-American culture in the mid-20th century is heart breaking and beautiful in equal measure. But you can also make the reader smile: "Bourbon and Texas heat go devilishly well together, a gentle pair passing practically unnoticed, leaving one languid and curious."
One of your characters asks, "Do you know how twilight makes the air look like it's full of feathers?" I do now, thanks to you. Your fiction makes this world a better place. I can only imagine the impact your poetry has.
You can do more in 72 pages - 8 short stories - than many authors attempt in tomes ten times that page number. Your depiction of African-American culture in the mid-20th century is heart breaking and beautiful in equal measure. But you can also make the reader smile: "Bourbon and Texas heat go devilishly well together, a gentle pair passing practically unnoticed, leaving one languid and curious."
One of your characters asks, "Do you know how twilight makes the air look like it's full of feathers?" I do now, thanks to you. Your fiction makes this world a better place. I can only imagine the impact your poetry has.
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