The only novel by the celebrated poet and first Black author to ever win a Pulitzer Prize. Maud Martha (1953) by Gwendolyn Brooks (Faber) is a book I only heard about from other bloggers. Focussing on other worldly themes, the collection comes from across a forty-year period in Teffi’s life. My first read of the month was a collection of stories Other Worlds (edited 2021) by Teffi (NYRB Classics) translated from Russian by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler & others. Three of these have been reviewed previously. One of the review copies I received is actually not out until April, so that gives me plenty of time to write a proper review of it. Unfortunately, I just won’t get around to writing about everything, hopefully I will write in more detail about a couple more of these in the coming days or weeks. Honestly, where would we be without these brilliant, independent publishers? #ReadIndies has become one of my favourite reading events. February has been #ReadIndies month, hosted again by Lizzie and Karen, it’s a month that seems to perfectly suit my kind of reading, and I have really enjoyed this month’s books. It’s been a good month of reading for me, and despite not being very well, I wanted to share it with you all. It’s the last day of the month and I won’t finish another book before midnight.
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