Talk a Blue Streak by Lila Matsumoto Alan Buckley mary frances invites us to

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Talk a Blue Streak by Lila Matsumoto Alan Buckley mary frances invites us toPublished 21st May 2026 Talk a Blue Streak, Lila Matsumoto's third collection, is an innovative experiment in poetic memoir and story telling. With a rigorous commitment to artifice, the interlinked sequences trace the formative impressions of a childhood and teenage years spent in America encountering its language and customs: on road trips, in student dorms, with alternative music and junk food. Hugely pleasurable and often very funny, Talk a Blue