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Writer's pictureTara Williams

Crows & Roses: Literary Whatnot


This is my blog. I live in Portland, Oregon, where crows and roses abound, so that's what I'm calling the blog for now. I may change my mind.


The plan is to write about books I read, places I go, things I make, and perhaps the occasional cathartic rant. I hope you'll join me in thoughtful conversation and contemplation on literary whatnot.


My summer reading list:


Fiction

Dead in Long Beach, California by Venita Blackburn

Such Kindness by Andre Dubus III

Deluge by Stephen Markley

The Stolen Child by Ann Hood

We Were the Universe by Kimberly King Parsons

Someday Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

The Museum of You by Carys Bray

In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn

Shell Shaker by Leann Howe

Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier

An Autobiography of Skin by Lakiesha Carr

The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis

Alley Pond Park by Zachary Gordon


Nonfiction

Simple Truths by Jon Hersley, Larry Tongate, and Bob Burke

Afghan Post by Adrian Bonenberger


Poetry

What I Can Do by Erik Wilbur

Dream of Xibalba by Stephanie Adams-Santos

Revoke by Joy Manesiotis


Looking forward to

The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy (preorder)

Sing Me a Circle by Samina Najmi (Trio House Press, 2025)


More soon!


Tara









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