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Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Words! I have so many words and simultaneously nothing to say about the 450 page trip I went on while reading this novel. I read ~200 pages of this while traveling on planes and trains and the amount of times I audibly gasped and fervently cried – 😭… from animal…
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growing pains
maybe i got slipped awayin the person that i’m trying to be now i am someoneriddled with anxieties maybe i can’t handle changebut is this the way that it’s going to be?i’m hoping therapy will cure metake off this backpacki’ve been lugging aroundfilled with microscopesto see where i can be foundbut…
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adieu to summer
landscapes of green flutter, make a scene textures jumbled as they tumble to and fro a dragon fly passes by caught in the scene dancing, so eagerly a glint of purple a shimmer so blue summers day fades away, as autumn winds travel through sending a revered chill …
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LAGC October Book of the Month: Frankenstein
the book voted for October, in this months Los Angeles Ghosts Book Club gathering, was none of than Mary Shelly’s, Frankenstein ! we will be reading the revised third edition, released 1831. there could be nothing more classically spooky about this book of the month; man vs monster, good vs…
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whose names are unknown by Sanora Babb
Whose Names Are Unknown, a Novel by Sanora Babb, takes you along on a journey shadowing families of farmers in the 1930s American Mid-West. Filled with no thrills, raw and gritty, Babb portrays the real living conditions of a community of farmers as they survive the wicked winds of the…
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a star waiting to fall
I dance among the stars at night, searching for you It fills me with such delight, to think of you Somewhere, out there, in orbit A star, waiting to fall Gravity, ready to pull you back in again And when it does I will find you. -gabina
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home body by Rupi Kaur
There isn’t much not to fall into within Rupi Kaur’s poetry, but the book, home body, specifically resonated so deeply due to its timing; published at the end of 2020, in the peak of the pandemic, home body wrestles the battle of inner-self. Pieces we all can relate, to post…
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Flux by Orion Carloto
The first book of poetry by internet sensation Orion Carloto, Flux cascades through the highs and lows of love. Featuring delicate charcoal art and black and white photography, Flux paints beautiful pictures of the heart. A poem from the book I loved: The Birds and the Bees We tiptoed on…
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a letter from the park
The trees stand tall and spiny, their naked branches stiffly spiking upwards from the rooted damp earth to the heavy grey sky above. The tips of each branch, tickled by the whisper of the wind. The patchy green and brown grass, stale from summers past, melts to golden shades of…
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If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino
If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino is a real mind twister, hopping from story to story, narrator to narrator, it can be a challenge to keep up with all the plots starting and stopping while still seeing the bigger picture. Though many delish page turns that…
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
A classic, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos is far superior to its more infamous film counterpart starring the legendary Marilyn Monroe. Though nothing is more truly legendary than Anita Loos’ ability to capture depth within aloofness, humor and vulnerability within genuine stupidity, all portray the many comical characters presented…
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spring in the city
I slipped outside into the alley for a walk in the neighborhood.The stretch of alley and apartment buildings that lies between me and the distant street side feels like a hallway to hell. I leap and bound my way over a flowing stream of dog urine (to which my own…
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Crush by Richard Siken
Winner of the Yale Series Of Younger Poets, Richard Siken’s Crush, rips skin from flesh to bare souls bounded to love and its tortures. Some of my favorite poems from Crush: Scheherazade (pg.3) Seaside Improvisation (pg.8) The Torn-Up Road (pg.9) Saying Your Names (pg.33) Lines I love from Crush: “…the…
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The Hour Of The Star by Clarice Lispector
Clarice Lispector is notably one of my favorite authors. This book, unlike others I have read previously, is written with less literary mind hurdles and more simplistic sentence structures, as noted by the narrator itself. One of my favorite aspects of Clarice’s writing is that while variably short in length,…
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spring’s sidewalk
i can hear springtalking amongst the birdsin the rush of a breezethat washes awaythe sun that burnsi love everythingabout springevery flowerthat seems to singin ways anew“were you always there?,”i whispered to the lilac,“oh how I missed you, so”to the poppy,bouncing to and fro… -gabina
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a winters beach
the sky beckons bluewind whips the breeze like a knifecrisp air in your lungsrun away with it -gabina
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the pursuit of glory
some people change some stay the same all in the pursuit of glory glory rains glory pains glory speaks to daydreams nightmares pictures on the wall that aren’t there a story captured in your head that you can’t repeat as hard as you try the words aren’t there but you…
a girl on a bench 