by David Kirby

Dangerous Love – Ben Okri

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Omovo seems in many ways detached from the day to day . . . That might be the best way to handle yourself in a world where baffling violence is as much a part of life as a breeze or birdsong.

Love Letter to Who Owns the Heavens – Corey Van Landingham

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The takeaway? Nike presides over the world, then and now, and this poet is her messenger.

Balzac’s Lives – Peter Brooks

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For Balzac and readers like me as well, nothing pulls you in like a printing press (identified by brand name) and an ink-distributing roller. In a small shop. In the provinces, no less.

The Last Taxi Driver – Lee Durkee

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The world’s cabbies and their chroniclers know but two time periods, BTD and ATD.