Little Oracles
Little Oracles
allison arth
S02:E03 | Little Reviews: Books About the Aftermath
17 minutes Posted Jun 20, 2023 at 12:00 pm.
Intro: Lilacs, larkspurs, and a little, gentle disclaimers
Little Review: The Furrows, An Elegy by Namwali Serpell
Little Review: We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
Little Reviews, memoir moment: In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom; Afterglow (a dog memoir) by Eileen Myles; and Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones (an April ABC pick!)
Little Review: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Outro: Thank you for being here, share this episode, leave a rating or review, follow us on social! xo
Secret outtake: Old cats IRL
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It's Little Reviews time, and today we're whipping through a whopping SIX BOOKS, all of which sit in that emotionally rich and tender space of the aftermath – specifically, the aftermath of the death of a loved one, including: 

A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3

I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on *anything,* then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.

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