Tag Archives: Shauna Osborn

Review: Drawing Down the Moon by Allison Creighton

Posted in November 18, 2015
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Shauna Osborn PQ Contributing Editor Drawing Down the Moon Allison Creighton Turning Point Books, 2015 84 pages ISBN: 9781625491312 http://www.turningpointbooks.com/creighton.html Typically when one sees the phrase “drawing down the moon,” it is involved in discussions of magical spells, pagan rituals, …

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Review: Deviants by Peter Kline

Posted in October 11, 2014
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by Shauna Osborn, Contributing Editor Deviants Peter Kline Stephen F Austin State University Press Paperback, 64 pages 9781622880294 http://www.tamupress.com/product/Deviants,7630.aspx “Deviant behavior is an unwillingness or inability to comply with societal rules of conduct; its inherent condition is one of alienation …

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Anger, Hatred, and Identity: Anzaldúa and Lorde

Posted in April 19, 2014
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By Shauna Osborn How much of this truth can I bear to see and still live unblinded? How much of this pain can I use?             Audre Lorde She becomes a nahual, able to transform herself into a tree, a …

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The Plague Doctor In His Hull-Shaped Hat by Stephen Massimilla

Posted in April 19, 2014
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Review by Shauna Osborn The Plague Doctor In His Hull-Shaped Hat Stephen Massimilla Stephen F Austin State University Press, 2013 Paperback, 88 pages ISBN: 9781622880072 Purchase link Getting the world right is a dying operation. To see myself, I swivel …

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Top of the stack… by Shauna Osborn

Posted in January 19, 2013
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Bedside Table Series: #2by PQ Contributing Editor Shauna Osborn Full discloser—I do not own a nightstand. What I have instead is a rather large stack of books that live on the floor next to my bed. They stay there until …

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