Book by Halsey I am a fan of her songs but never knew she had a poetry book so you can imagine my surprise when I found out and my eagerness to get into it. And I must say, I wasn’t disappointed. 📌 The American Woman, a painting done by Halsey herself, is featured on…
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A Review of Prateek Joshi’s Arc Asylum By Boakye D. Alpha
“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.” – Margaret J. Wheatley Arc Asylum by Prateek Joshi is divided into five sections of dated entries—each, a prose poem that has a story to tell. I must admit, I haven’t read much prose-poetry and I didn’t…
Spooktober: This Spooky Season, Read These Current Young Adult Horror Hits.
It is OCTOBER! This season to be scared. This is the season to get your hands on some of the best Horror books out there! What more can you do than read some of the newly published novels in this genre?
The Torchbearers Of History (Of Time Past) And Of The Present And Of Future Narratives: A Review Of “All Ghana A Stage” By Boakye D. Alpha
“In all of us, there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we came from.” — Alex Haley A few weeks ago, I received a black box from the second lady, H.E Samira Bawumia’s office. The box housed several goodies, chief among them was an ARC of…
Review: Elizabeth Acevedo’s With The Fire On High
With The Fire On High” is not a plot-driven book but a character-driven book. It is a stunning choice. The writing style is another stunning thing about the book. From an author who has her background from poetry and book already written in verse, you will expect nothing but an amazing weaving of words that flow into each other and blend beautifully.
Review: “October Rush” from “Tales From Different Tails”.
Just finished reading “October Rush” from the book, “Tales From Different Tails” by Nana Awere Damoah and I must say, it is a very intriguing read!
Reviews: Boakye D. Alpha on “SHE” by Ajani Samuel Victor
A lot of definitions, connotations and whatnot come up whenever the question, “What is love” is asked.
Poetry At The Fireside, A Narrative Scope About Africa From “The Sorrow Night Songs” by Lamer Kofi James —An appreciation by Boakye D. Alpha.
Designed either as an individual attitude or as an embedded trait, hope bears the persona, demeanour, well-being, and attitude of a person towards the future in profound ways.
Why is hope important to human life — particularly Africa for the purposes of this appreciation?