Annie Dillard’s For the Time Being has been sitting atop my bookshelf for too long, so I was excited to finally read this book; she did not disappoint. I was inspired to take her writing methods and use them as revision exercises in my own writing.

I’ve never been much of a poetry reader - I find myself too insecure to dive into what I know is a wealth of beauty and wisdom. Strangely, the ambiguity of Emily Dickinson’s poetry gives me confidence to read it. She packs each line with multiple meanings, often contradictory meanings, and most of them tackle the concepts of God and the afterlife, two of the most ambiguous and strange topics I’ve had the pleasure of thinking about.

I’ve read a lot of books in the last few months – most amazing, some just eh, and I figured I’d write reviews on a few of my favorites. I read My Name is Asher Lev last fall and it remains pretty far up on my list of “highly recommended” books.