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The future, and the past and Literature, is female. Rating -  ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Genre - poetry Themes - women, female exploitation, female empowerment, patriarchy Similar books - 'Lessons in Chemistry' - Bonnie Garmus Sticking to my word I'm back with another article on my latest read: 'The World's Wife' by poet Carol Ann Duffy. In her poetry anthology, Duffy gives a voice to the unspoken lives of the women behind the world's greatest  (or most nefarious) men in both fiction and reality. This poetry anthology really revolves around the same thing - the women, mainly the wives/lovers, of the most influential men in history, ranging from Greek Mythology, to fiction and then real men. Yet every poem is unique in its own way, giving each woman their own distinct voice. 'Mrs Beast' uses her freedom to celebrate the women silenced by the abuses of men before her. The loving relationship between 'Anne Hathaway' and William Shakespeare contrasted to the pass...

  Isn't it great to be Indian? Rating -  ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Genre - poetry (not sure how to define genre in poetry) Themes - identity, immigration, freedom vs constraint, racism, patriotism, grief, love (it really depends on the poem ) Similar Books - 'Chinglish' - Sue Cheung, 'Dollar Bahu' - Sudha Murty Apologies for the four week long hiatus. That's a month. You lot, if anyone reads this, should be very offended for such neglect. I for one am a bit embarrassed by my lack of writing - and reading. I'm one book behind my goal of 50 books according to GoodReads. But fear not for I am back and I hope not to ignore 'Book Me Books' for so long again. Or my books.  I said I wanted to read different types of literature, so I've done plays and classics. Now I do poetry. 'Look We Have Coming to Dover' is a poetry anthology by British-Indian poet Daljit Nagra, recounting his experiences of growing up Indian in a rather hostile England. The poems range from...