Our 20th-anniversary celebrations continue with another Author Spotlight interview. Today, we’re shining a light on the very beloved Beatriz Hausner. We’ve had the great fortune to publish three wonderfully unique and brilliant poetry collections from Beatriz: Enter the Raccoon, Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart, and She Who Lies Above. In this Q&A, Beatriz generously shares what it […]
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Today, Beatriz Hausner is taking us behind “Everyday Goddesses,” a poem from She Who Lies Above! “Everyday Goddesses” is a distilling of a longer poem inspired by the work of surrealist artist Virginia Tentindo. I initially conceived of it as a kind of incantation in the manner of the ancient elegiac texts. It incorporates elements […]
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Joy, nostalgia, grief, wonder—good poetry effortlessly evokes mood and atmosphere, taking us elsewhere while guiding us inward. This National Poetry Month, we bring you our In the Mood for Poetry series. Every Friday we will share mood-themed reading lists so you can indulge your highs and lows along with some of our favourite poets. To […]
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Many a thing has been written, spoken, and sung about love. This Valentine’s Day we join the chorus with a stellar recommended reading list! The following twelve works of prose and poetry honour true love in its many shades and forms, exploring various categories of affection from passionate affairs—which inflame, inspire, and sometimes implode; to […]
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Friends of Book*hug, meet Spring 2021.
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What is love? We have yet to agree on a global definition.
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Here at Book*hug, we like hugs—it’s in our name—and we look forward to the day we can give them again.
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We have a confession: we’re slightly fanatical about Halloween.
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“My favourite word is LOVE, because it is the most transformative force there is.” —Beatriz Hausner
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The first conversation that I have with Beatriz Hausner—author of Enter the Raccoon and the recently-published Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart—lasts longer than I expect it to.
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