The Last (Poetry) Book I Loved: Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
As if Anne Carson were a geological epoch, a little ice age or a period of Cretaceous warming, I divide my life into B.A.C. (Before Anne Carson) and after A.A.C.…
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Elizabeth Bastos
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Elizabeth Bastos is a stay-at-home-mother of two, an avid reader, and a recreational baker of French pastry. Her work has appeared online at Errant Parent, Food Network Humor, McSweeney's and The New Yorker Magazine's Book Bench blog. She can also be found at goodybastos.blogspot.com.
The Last Book I Loved: Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
Based on the true story of an English midland town in the year 1666 that quarantined itself to sweat out the bubonic plague, Geraldine Brooks’ Year of Wonders: A Novel…
Elizabeth Bastos: The Last Book I Loved, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Editor’s alert: Key plot points of this book are discussed below. Junot Diaz won the Pulitzer Prize for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The plot trajectory of the…