"The particulars may be different, but at the core is a resistance to being controlled, 'tamed', or disallowed the exploration of our full potential." Heart Lamp, by Banu Mushtaq (translated by Deepa Bhasthi), is a collection of twelve short stories capturing the day to day lives of a variety of women and girls living within…

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01.06.2025

Monthly Roundup – May 2025 « neverimitate

May started with a long weekend in Cornwall where husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. We stayed at the lovely Talland Bay Hotel, on the coast between Polperro and Looe, and enjoyed scenic walks in sunny weather. As well as the hotel review, I posted about this holiday through the lens of my teddy…

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04.06.2025

Book Review: A Crumpled Swan « neverimitate

"Poetry has, I believe, made me more like the person I've always aimed to be - not better than anyone else, but better than the person I would otherwise have been." David Collard is respected within literary circles for his clarity and erudition. In A Crumpled Swan he focuses his intellect on a single poem…

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05.06.2025

Book Review: They Stole Our Hearts « neverimitate

They Stole Our Hearts, by Daniel Kraus (illustrated by Rovina Cai), is the sequel to They Threw Us Away. Having read the first book in this proposed trilogy I was more prepared for the darkness of the story and the style of writing, quickly becoming immersed in the teddy bears' problematic lives. It is marketed…

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