Kim Kovacs

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The Antidote by Karen Russell

1 month ago | bookbrowse.com | Kim Kovacs

BookBrowse: Pulitzer Prize nominee Karen Russell returns with a magic-infused exploration of memory, set in the Nebraska Dust Bowl. This review is available to non-members for a limited time. For access to our digital magazine, free books,and other benefits, become a member today.
The Plow That Broke the Plains: A Dust Bowl Documentary

1 month ago | bookbrowse.com | Kim Kovacs

This article relates to The Antidote One of the protagonists in The Antidote is Cleo Allfrey, a photographer dispatched by the Resettlement Administration to document life in Nebraska's Dust Bowl. She and others in the book mention a similar, real-world project: a documentary titled The Plow That Broke the Plains.
Looking at Women Looking at War

1 month ago | bookbrowse.com | Kim Kovacs

BookBrowse: A Ukrainian novelist turns her talents to documenting ordinary citizens' lives during Russia's 2022 invasion of her country. This review is available to non-members for a limited time. For access to our digital magazine, free books,and other benefits, become a member today.
A Brief History of Events Leading Up to the Russia-Ukraine War

2 months ago | bookbrowse.com | Kim Kovacs

This article relates to Looking at Women Looking at War Victoria Amelina (1986–2023) was a Ukrainian novelist. She spent the last months of her life researching war crimes committed by Russian soldiers during their invasion of her country. Those of us in the United States probably think of the Russia-Ukraine War as beginning on February 24, 2022, when Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine.
Toni Morrison & The Bluest Eye

2 months ago | bookbrowse.com | Kim Kovacs

This article relates to The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison is the author of 11 works of fiction as well as a number of books and essays. She's best known for her novel Beloved, which won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

2 months ago | bookbrowse.com | Kim Kovacs

BookBrowse: The Nobel Prize-winning author's debut novel explores how preconceived notions of beauty can be detrimental to self-worth, particularly for young Black girls. This review is available to non-members for a limited time. For access to our digital magazine, free books,and other benefits, become a member today.
Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Jan 15, 2025 | bookbrowse.com | Kim Kovacs

BookBrowse: An ethereal Booker Prize–winning novel that contemplates the Earth's beauty from orbit. This review is available to non-members for a limited time. For access to our digital magazine, free books,and other benefits, become a member today.
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst

Nov 20, 2024 | bookbrowse.com | Kim Kovacs

BookBrowse: Alan Hollinghurst, winner of the Booker Prize, is back with his long-awaited seventh novel, in which an actor reflects on his life and loves. Alan Hollinghurst's novel Our Evenings is the fictional autobiography of Dave Win, a British actor who's in his early 70s as the novel opens.
My Good Bright Wolf

Nov 6, 2024 | bookbrowse.com | Kim Kovacs

BookBrowse: Award-winning author Sarah Moss unflinchingly explores her ongoing struggles with anorexia nervosa in this complex memoir. Sarah Moss has been afflicted with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa since her pre-teen years but was able to keep the condition under some control for decades.
Playwright John Webster: Background information when reading My Good Bright Wolf

Oct 22, 2024 | bookbrowse.com | Kim Kovacs

This article relates to My Good Bright Wolf In her memoir My Good Bright Wolf, Sarah Moss conjures up an imaginary wolf spirit to support her childhood self. She claims the idea came from a line in one of the first poems she memorized, "A Dirge" by English dramatist John Webster, widely regarded as the last of the great Elizabethan playwrights, second only to William Shakespeare. Not much is known about Webster.