Lynette Mejía

Speculative Fiction & Poetry

On Reading and Writing and Other Bookish Things

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
― Jorge Luis Borges

Lynette Mejia

Apr 6
2 min

Hear Me Out: Beowulf, trans. Maria Dahvana Headley

I can't even begin to tell you how much I loved this translation of Beowulf, that classic of Old English literature so many high school...

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Lynette Mejia

Mar 24
2 min

Review: Freiheit! The White Rose Graphic Novel

Freiheit! The White Rose Graphic Novel by Andrea Grosso Ciponte is a beautifully rendered, but ultimately disappointing, look at one of...

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Lynette Mejia

Feb 6
2 min

Review: Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal

This is what I've been looking for - a practical roadmap for how the world can achieve net zero global emissions by 2050, presented in...

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Lynette Mejia

Feb 2
1 min

Review: In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe

I love the aesthetic feel of this book; I think the art is just fantastic. And I love the premise too--the idea that Poe was pursued by...

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Lynette Mejia

Jan 21
1 min

Review: Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

I was supremely disappointed that the story turned out to be Ready Player One redux, but honestly, Cline's a good storyteller, and I'll...

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Lynette Mejia

Feb 18, 2020
1 min

Book Review: The Library of the Unwritten

You had me at librarian in Hell. No way could I resist a book that combines two of my favorite things. The main character, Claire, is...

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Lynette Mejia

Jan 15, 2020
1 min

2019 Awards Eligibility

Late, as usual, but what would be the fun otherwise, amirite? Anyway, below you'll find the stories and poems I had published in 2019....

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Lynette Mejia

Jun 6, 2019
1 min

"Abandon"

I'm bogged down in novel writing, story revisions, and garden wrangling, but I wanted to drop a quick note about my latest poem,...

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Lynette Mejia

Mar 6, 2019
2 min

If This Goes On Has Been Released

Including my story, "A Gardener's Guide to the Apocalypse." After the 2016 US Presidential election, I spent weeks nearly overwhelmed by...

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Lynette Mejia

Feb 21, 2019
1 min

Book Review: In the Land of Giants: A Journey Through the Dark Ages

I loved the innovative approach the author took, presenting this history of Dark Age Britain as a series of literal journeys through the...

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