From Whence It Came - “It has a specific smell to it, for sure” - Part 1

“It has a specific smell to it, for sure” - Part 1

05/05/24 • 28 min

I speak with Elisa Carlsen about Cormorant, her poetry collection. By the way, a cormorant is a type of bird. This ain’t your normal “if only I could fly” collection, but a gritty tale about validation, corruption, and murder. How much am I exaggerating? You will have to listen to find out!

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“Of course I don't do that in public” - Part 2

War, war never changes, except all the time. The nature of a man, however, is far more predictable—and yet elusive. Chidi Ebere pins down the nature of a man, of a certain type, in his novel, Now I Am Here. While his work may deal with the ordinary, it incorporates his extraordinary life at every opportunity. I'd spoil it here, but that's against the rules.