Po-Fic Pairs

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#readwomen, Alice Notley, books to read in pairs, booktube, Carol Birch, Certain Magical Acts, Circassian Girl, female poets, Jen Campbell, Joan Kane, M. Miranda Maloney, M.J. McGrath, Marie Benedict, Michelle Mitchell-Foust, Orphans of the Carnival, poetry and fiction pairings, T.C. Boyle, The Cormorant Hunter's Wife, The Lost Letters of Mileva, The Other Einstein, The Terranauts, White Heat

Playing off Booktuber Jen Campbell’s Books to Read in Pairs Tag, I’ve got a few novel + poetry pairings for you. Whether you are a novels-only gal or a hardcore poethead, a double dip will enhance your literary muscle. Go ahead and brag to your friends over your next glass of wine or steaming cup of coffee!! #readwomen

[Sorry T.C., but you’re sort of the token male in this list.  I really liked your book, though, so there’s that.]

1. Fiction: ORPHANS OF THE CARNIVAL   +     Poetry: CIRCASSIAN GIRL

Carol Birch evokes the strange and thrilling world of the Victorian carnival

Mitchell-Foust brings out wonders and freaks in poems about people at odds w/ their surroundings

1. Fiction: THE OTHER EINSTEIN  +    Poetry: THE LOST LETTERS OF MILEVA

Marie Benedict’s tale of Einstein’s wife Mileva Maric

Latina poet M. Miranda Maloney’s poem have Maric at their core

1. Fiction:WHITE HEAT         +          Poetry: THE CORMORANT HUNTER’S WIFE

The first in Mcgrath’s Artic mystery series w/ an Intuit, female lead

Inupiak poet Joan Kane explores her Artic indigenous identity

1. Fiction:THE TERRANAUTS  +  Poetry: CERTAIN MAGICAL ACTS

T.C. Boyle’s Mutliple POV novel about 8 humans who battle human nature in a biodome

Climate change, economic crisis, future worlds and ancient Latin merge in a collection about survival and the planet’s ruin in Notley’s latest collection