
Book Review: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
When I began devising A Mirror of Me, I wanted a character that erupted occasionally to the world around her with a rhymed poem. I did not want her to be that poetically skilled, but authentically awkward and passionate—though brilliant at most everything else, her poetry is meant to be an aberration to all her scientific-techno genius that comes off quite clumsy at times, but endearing. I dunno if I succeeded since I’m not finished with the story yet—we’ll see. […]
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