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Aroma of beauty
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Book Review: Aroma of Beauty

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 kconklin

“Beauty could not rebuild our cities, but it helped to rebuild our humanity and to bring us closer to one another. Beauty could not bring back family and friends, but […]

Appalachian music
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: The Spirit of Appalachian Music

September 28, 2020 kconklin

“We don’t charge for tickets, because sometimes hungry people need music the most.” (The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, pp. 365) One of my favorite aspects of Suzanne Collins new […]

celebrating poetry
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Celebrating Poetry: Hope is the Thing with Feathers

April 6, 2020 kconklin

This month’s LitWyrm Book-a-month challenge is reading poetry. Since April is National Poetry month, we want to celebrate this beautiful form of literature. Whether by picking up a poetry collection, […]

American Son: Poetry
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American Son: A Poetry Book Review

January 27, 2020February 14, 2021 kconklin

“We cry for grief/ a long cry for grief/ America cries for we/ daughters and sons/ growing like grains of wheat in a dry and weary land/ put the tears […]

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3 Reasons I Love “The Girl Who Drank the Moon” and Why You Will Too

September 22, 2019January 11, 2020 kconklin

“There is magic in starlight, of course. This is well known. But because the light travels such a long distance, the magic in it is fragile and diffused, stretched into […]

metamorphosis
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Kafka’s Metamorphosis: The Transformation of a Family

September 7, 2019April 24, 2022 kconklin

When Gregor Samsa wakes up as a cockroach in Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, the reader is left wondering how and why such a thing occurred. The characters themselves, however, have little […]

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Karley M. Conklin is a part-time librarian, part-time writer, and full-time bookworm. She has a combined B.A. degree in Literature and Christian Studies from North Greenville University. Her favorite genres are fantasy, sci-fi, and children’s literature. In her spare time, she enjoys trying her hand at different arts, including woodcarving and bookbinding.

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