Jen Ashburn Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Jen Ashburn

@JaytotheTee For audiobooks, I like memoirs narrated by the author. Here are a few: Heavy by Kiese Laymon The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jen Ashburn

Congratulations @lorijakiela!!! 2021 winner of the BrickHouse Books Wicked Woman Poetry Prize. LOVE the title: How Do You Like It Now, Gentlemen? https://t.co/12CoBHM6xx

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@Denisey_pooh Also, Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles and The Bridge to Take When Things Get Serious by Lori Jakiela.

Jen Ashburn

@ToddKaneko @susanrichpoet You might check out Doireann Ní Ghríofa. I really liked her lyric memoir A Ghost in the Throat. She has several poetry books, most recently To Star the Dark.

Jen Ashburn

@Denisey_pooh Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

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Rest in Peace, Robert Bly. Here's one of my favorite poems of his, from Morning Poems: "I can remember the early mornings--how the stubble/A little proud with frost, snapped as we walked.//How the John Deere tractor hood pulled heat/Away from our hands... https://t.co/Akhd1UTb50

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Interview w/ Brian Broome about his memoir Punch Me Up to the Gods, which will be released 5/18 at a virtual event through Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures, feat. Broome (of course), and conversation w/ Yona Harvey. https://t.co/N87IuZ4ug4

Jen Ashburn

Aw... I loved The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and the kids I taught in Japan did too. Condolences to Eric Carle's family. https://t.co/7Pxu9QwMoJ via @WBUR

Jen Ashburn

@Denisey_pooh Also, Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles and The Bridge to Take When Things Get Serious by Lori Jakiela.

Jen Ashburn

@ToddKaneko @susanrichpoet You might check out Doireann Ní Ghríofa. I really liked her lyric memoir A Ghost in the Throat. She has several poetry books, most recently To Star the Dark.