Steven Ray rated Night Sky with Exit Wounds: 4 stars
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times writes: “The poems in Mr. Vuong’s new collection, Night Sky With Exit Wounds…possess …
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I’m interested in a multitude of things, including social justice, socialism, history, poetry, magical realism (fiction), capitalism, race and class struggle, plus stuff like wine, baseball and music.
So mostly non-fiction, though I read maybe two novels per year and maybe one poetry collection.
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Steven Ray rated Year of the Monkey: 5 stars
Steven Ray rated The Odyssey: 4 stars
The Odyssey by Όμηρος
The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, …
Steven Ray rated On the Road: 5 stars
Steven Ray rated Shakespeare's sonnets: 4 stars
Shakespeare's sonnets by William Shakespeare (The Arden Shakespeare)
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, …
Steven Ray rated Twenty love poems and a song of despair: 4 stars
Twenty love poems and a song of despair by Pablo Neruda (Penguin classics)
First published in 1924, Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada remains among Pablo Neruda’s most popular work. Daringly …
Steven Ray rated Howl and Other Poems: 4 stars
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
"Howl", also known as "Howl for Carl Solomon", is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1954–1955 and published in …
Steven Ray rated The Fellowship of the Ring: 4 stars
Steven Ray rated The Body Ghost: 4 stars
Steven Ray rated Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 4 stars
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and is …
Steven Ray rated The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Boxed Set: 4 stars
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Boxed Set by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
1984: Prologo Con Resena Critica De La Obra, Vida Y Obra Del Autor, Y Marco Historico. (spanish Edition) by George Orwell (Grandes de la Literatura)
La vigilancia del Superestado se ha apoderado de la vida y la conciencia de sus súbditos, interviniendo incluso en las …
Pride and Prejudice / Jane Austen / World Literature Classics / Illustrated with Doodles by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of …
Steven Ray rated Of Mice and Men: 4 stars
Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck
An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the dream they share in a …
Steven Ray rated The Stranger: 4 stars
The Stranger by Albert Camus
L'Étranger (French: [l‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒe]) is a 1942 novella by French author Albert Camus. Its theme and outlook are often cited as …