Welcome to Litsy!

When the poet Carolyn Forché was 27 years old, a man she‘d never met knocked on her door and asked her to come to his country, El Salvador, and witness “another Vietnam from the beginning.” She did. This memoir of that harrowing and eye-opening and worldview-altering experience is an incredible and vital read.

1. NYC, probably Central Park, on a bench.
2. My family is invited
3. In my basket is pizza, bagels, a pstrami sandwich….all the food I miss from NYC because food where I live is nothing special.
#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94

I tag anyone who wants to play.

#PoetryMatters Day 26: #Pomp

Thanks for the tag @Chrissyreadit , I will play along.
1) right now in my screen tent in the back yard …. So many 🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟 . But ideally by the ocean.
2) my family and good friends
3) a charcuterie board, sushi , watermelon and unsweetened ice tea

What about you @ShelleyBooksie

#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94

“The first fingers of light appear on the horizon, and ever so deftly and gradually, they pull the mantle of darkness away from the world.” -John O‘Donohue, Anam Cara

Sometimes it‘s a challenge to look for the light.
#Uvaldez

I‘ve had a hard time getting into the jibe of this read but seem to be finding my groove. I‘ve actually been in the same chapter for two weeks (!) not being able to read through. But I will finish!

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Polar

I really wasn‘t sure what to expect from this book; from the blurb I wondered if it might be too ‘literary‘ for me, but it definitely wasn‘t.

This is a very immersive, dark memoir as the author traces the history of a long-gone Irish poet, translating her work, whilst dealing with her own challenges of motherhood.

It‘s very unusual, not like anything I‘ve read before and I really enjoyed it.

Thanks for gifting it to me! @Cathythoughts 😘