Title: Persona Non Grata
Author: Isabelle Kenyon
Type: Poetry
Page Count/Review Word Count: 96
Rating: 4/5
This is another diverse collection of poetry from Fly on the Wall press, headed up by Isabelle Kenyon who worked as the editor. In aid of Shelter, the theme here is the idea of outsiders and people that society looks down upon. Not all the poems are exceptional, but enough are to make this worth reading.
Title: The Book of Riga
Author: Eva Eglaia-Kristsone and Becca Parkinson
Type: Fiction
Page Count/Review Word Count: 128
Rating: 4*/5
Eva Eglaia-Kristsone and Becca Parkinson – The Book of Riga
It’s always difficult to rate short story collections because by their very nature, there are some stories that you like and some that you don’t. What I did like, though, is how each of these stories is very much a product of the city, and so it was cool because I could read about locations that I’ve visited.
The selection here is also pretty diverse and so we get a nice range of different styles. This is my fourth or fifth Latvian book by now, and I think it’s the best for getting just a good cross-section of what’s going on. Enjoy!
Riga Old Town
