Here are excerpts from a review of The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History (Rose Metal Press 2023), a debut novel by Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones. The reviewer, Charles Rammelkamp, is Prose Editor for BrickHouse Books in Baltimore and Reviews Editor for The Adirondack Review, and author of Mortal Coil and A Magician Among the Spirits. [See full…
Poets & Writers interviews Puerto Rican writer Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones, author of the debut novel The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History. [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention. Also see previous post New: The Hurricane Book.] Here are excerpts: This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones, whose debut, The Hurricane Book:…
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Annette Hinkle on Feb 1, 2021
In the days and weeks following the 2020 presidential election, writer and Quogue resident Roger Rosenblatt began to feel a distinct sense of unease.
“When Biden and Harris won and Trump started his malevolent mischief around November 10 or 11, a week after the election when all the results were in the news went to riots in various cities where Trump-inspired thugs were fighting those who were celebrating,” Rosenblatt recalled. “The visual impact from that was severe.”
His was a common reaction, and one that only grew worse during the subsequent interregnum the two months between the election and the date on which President Joseph Biden officially took office. Normally, it’s a period of calm, transition and celebration (for the victor’s camp, at least). This time around, it was anything but. The visual impact that first disturbed Rosenblat