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Thank you for believing in me, for supporting me, and for helping me birth this book forward.
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an extraordinary love letter to colorado
This was my favorite thing I read in July and one of, if not the, best things I read in the first six months of the year... There are a lot of great synopses of this book on instagram and the internet at large, so I'll skip a recap and just talk about why I fell so hard for this book. First, the writing is divine. The prose made me stop in several places and just appreciate how words were strung together. Second, the plot is both engaging and heartbreaking at the same time. I had a minute there were I was terrified that I would hate the ending, but it worked out exactly how I was hoping. Third, it is an extraordinary love letter to Colorado and its places I love, including the San Luis Valley (the Lost Territory). Fajardo-Anstine has done a ridiculous amount of work to create the history of Colorado in multiple eras and the level of detail about the state's past that she's woven into the story is impressive. I recognized several historical heavy weights among the people she thanked in the afterword. . I think this is a must read for any Coloradan who enjoys historical fiction and a highly suggested read for everyone else.
Hillary Jorgensen
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my ghostly paranoias turned flesh anew
Safia always speaks my unspoken fears, aches, longings. gives me new language, new bones for my insides. affirms me, exists with me, makes my lonely less lonely. my teenage uneasiness & turmoils & tensions, she breathes life into them. my ghostly paranoias turned flesh anew. very freeing, always
I read "The Animal" to anyone who will listen, a perfect poem, tears every time <3
Salma
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exquisite! love in short form. kaleidoscopic.
as i've written before, this sort of short story collection is my favourite, probably, for its focus on setting - and the little infinities held within. "the ones" centres on new orleans post katrina. ruffin dissects a community's beating heart, each pulse strung with plot wires for its inhabitants to electrify. he chooses the highest-volt perspectives and formulates their voice so simply—less a reduction than a distilling. some chapters span a page, others dozens... ruffin doesn't disrespect the reader by gesturing to judgement or moral direction. he finishes his sentences but leaves us to conclude the ideas; the equation is unsullied until mutually complete, the math eloquent...
the one with the professor and his wife was my favourite. also, the final one, which was more substantive in length. i loved the bisexual milf + cosplaying daughter teaching english in japan. <- so funny. plus ofc her harrowing employment saga + battle against white, gentrifying municipal forces. this one in particular made me laugh too, which i should have expected — ruffin has the range!
Jackie
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ghost forest
A deeply intimate tribute to grief, love, sacrifice, and forgiveness. The power of this novel is that it truly delves into the essence of family; so often we do not truly know our parents, grandparents, guardians, until it is too late; we love, but it is so easy to take the little things, the unspoken things, for granted. We remember the fights, the disappointments, but when we miss someone, all of that falls away to reveal the beauty and strength of the tenderness, the happiness. The prose, in its delicate simplicity, has a resonating echo. I don’t think I will ever forget how this book made me feel.
Emily Coffee and Commentary
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